{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6544ce60c9f8f80011c5b979/654e1d6fd5eacc00128e5391?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Post-truth politics","description":"<p>The truth is dead. Can politics survive?</p><p><br></p><p>Armando and Anoosh speak to journalist James Ball and political campaigner Mae Dobbs to explore the impact of misinformation and disinformation, and also meet a former BBC executive, Pat Younge, to discuss how the broadcaster could do more to tackle a culture of lying among politicians.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Guests</strong></p><p>Mae Dobbs is a digital campaign strategist who worked on the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and Anas Sarwar's campaign for the Scottish Labour leadership.</p><p><br></p><p>James Ball is the author of <em>Post-Truth: How Bullshit Conquered the World, </em>and <em>The Other Pandemic</em>, exploring the impact of the Qanon conspiracy theory.</p><p><br></p><p>Pat Younge is a broadcast executive with over 30 years experience at the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV, among others.</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p>This episode was originally published in the New Statesman podcast feed on Nov 25, 2022.</p><p>Listen to the New Statesman podcast here: <a href=\"https://podfollow.com/new-statesman\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://podfollow.com/new-statesman</a></p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to the New Statesman for full access to all our reporting and analysis.</p><p>Get your first month free: <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/30daytrial?productName=nsm2021_digital_gbp&amp;utm_source=googlethree&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=30daygoogle&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiAgK2qBhCHARIsAGACuzmdWSLp3oJ3UGV1KYvq5clb8F-HpQzaQO5U4-OhsonAjOYiCeEYSegaAvyeEALw_wcB\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.newstatesman.com/30daytrial</a></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}