Liz Covart, PhD historian, interview with Jordan E. Taylor
about his new book Misinformation Nation: Foreign News and the Politics of Truth in Revolutionary America
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Episode Summary
Joining us for this episode is Jordan E. Taylor, a historian, editor, teacher, and digital humanist. He’s a scholar of the history of media, and his research expertise is in the history of news and its creation and transmission during the American Revolutionary era. He is also the Digital Projects Editor at Colonial Williamsburg Innovation Studios.
During our exploration, Jordan reveals information about how early Americans received news; How newspaper printers chose what to print and how they came to print misinformation; Why early Americans were interested in and newspapers printed so much foreign news, and the impact the American Revolution had on early American news.
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