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with Lalon Sander

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„Real Fake News“

Lalon is editor in chief and part of the climate team at taz.de, the online edition of one of Germany's largest national daily newspapers. He grew up in India and Bangladesh, studied journalism in Leipzig and has worked for many years on the topics of racism and right-wing extremism. He currently focuses on the topics of fake news and climate. In his conversation with Rumbie, he talks about the current state of media and news in Germany, how to recognise fake news, and why you should always fact-check your sources.

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You'll find lots of good journalism in the Goethe-Institut's Onleihe. In addition to taz.die tageszeitung, you have free access to all the major German newspapers and magazines such as the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Süddeutsche Zeitung and the weekly newspaper Die Zeit. You can also find information in easy-to-understand language in the newspaper "Klar und Deutlich aktuell".

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We also recommend the book "Die kleinste gemeinsame Wirklichkeit" by science journalist Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim. Facts, scientifically sound and clearly proven, are worth their weight in gold. Especially when fake news or half-truths dominate the public debate. Mai-Thi gets to the bottom of the big controversial issues in our society from climate change to the heritability of intelligence. Available for you as an e-book and audiobook in the Onleihe.

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Pia Lamberty und Katharina Nocun: Fake Facts. Wie Verschwörungstheorien unser Denken bestimmen (Book availabe in Onleihe)

Katharina Nocun and Pia Lamberty describe how people from the middle of society become radicalised by conspiracy theories and reject democracy as a whole. What role does new media play in this process? How quickly can each of us become a conspiracy theorist? And how can we expose twisted facts and protect ourselves from having our opinions manipulated?

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Bastian Obermayer & Frederik Obermaier: Panama Papers. Die Geschichte einer weltweiten Enthüllung (Book available in Onleihe)

Gripping as a thriller, but based on research: "The story of the biggest data-leak of all time - the source is anonymous, but not the people affected. It all starts late at night with an anonymous message: "Hi. This is John Doe. Interested in data?" Bastian Obermayer, investigative reporter for the Süddeutsche Zeitung, answers immediately - and receives information that electrifies him and his colleague Frederik Obermaier. It is the data of hundreds of thousands of letterbox companies. They offer insight into a previously completely sealed-off parallel world in which billions are managed, shifted and hidden.

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Ulrich Wickert: Medien: Macht & Verantwortung (Book available in Onleihe)

The power of the media places a special responsibility on the journalist. But the increasing pressure of competition, the flood of information and the speed with which it spreads have led to a frightening banalisation. Voyeurism, scandalisation, emotionalisation are just a few keywords. Ulrich Wickert, a veteran of German journalism, asks whether the press is abusing its freedom today and reminds us of the golden rules of journalistic craft and reporting.

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Michael Haller: Brauchen wir Zeitungen (Book available in Onleihe)

Interesting for those wanting to delve deeper into the topic. "Everybody is talking about it: Daily newspapers are in crisis. In addition to the decline in circulation and the drop in advertising revenues, the current trend in the newspaper industry is also characterised by the changing ownership of publishing houses and newspapers as well as the significant downsizing of journalistic staff. Many media professionals declare the newspaper dead, others have effective strategies for solving the problem. The author formulates suggestions on how the newspaper could regain its voice in the cross-media and multimedia concert and thus attract new readership."

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