How Wikipedia May Be the Antidote to Trumpism

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 2, 2025

Margaret Talbot, staff writer at The New Yorker, breaks down her latest reporting on how Wikipedia, through its increasingly stringent standards for reliability, has become a source to counter disinformation spread by the Trump administration and rightwing media.


 

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