tv Deception In Our Democracy CSPAN April 11, 2022 11:01pm-11:11pm EDT
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announcer: comcast supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> middle and high school students are dissipated and c-span's student documentary competition where he asked the question, how was impact your life? all month we are featuring the winning entries, this is a 12th intent greater from inter-park high school, where c-span is available through spectrum. there winning entry is titled the magic of misinformation, the magic of this information note -- deception of democracy. >> put the card back. take some cards. put them back on top. i'm going to find your card. trying to see which one can be
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your card. is it the king of clubs? >> yes. how did you do that? >> it looks like i am shuffling the cards but if you zoom in, when you put the cards back, i saw what your card was. it is an illusion, the closer you look in the deeper you dig, the more complex. >> imagine this magic trick is your information and shake -- intake. >> he called them super predators and he said -- >> in today's world, those words can be interchangeable. >> on the information has been contorted in way or another. >> it emphasizes only one side of the argument it keeps other side completely concealed. 85% of all american state that
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they get basic facts -- we must -- depending on their new source, we must first define what the role media actually plays in government. >> in our democracy information is spread through mainstream , media -- this allows us the people to have a check and balance on the government hold them responsible for their action. >> everyone has equal access to the representation of the voice. everyone has equal access to information. that has not been exactly true, information is changed and is more difficult to spread it efficiently and effectively. >> after the last five years, especially how president who used social media as a weapon, that platform has been used against us. it is a business to make money. it is been a very frustrating to watch on how social media has undermined the democracy because it is the platform of choice. for disinformation. >> when is that 10, 11, 12
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million views, i realize this is very important. we were being told by the media that this was just another george bush republican. it wasn't towards the end of office does the media -- catch up to what the rest of us knew. i think the information presented that way that people know that they were not imagining it. >> it is a true weight that the constituency communicate and show us what is important, especially when you get behind a issue and put pressure on d.c.. >> a popular illusion is on the big stage and have a much bigger impact on the audience. the same goes for politicians. >> the biggest platform, the more people are swayed by their opinion. this is regardless of whether the information is projected is accurate or not. >> representative kustoff one was coming there was a
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expectation that would be the usual string of lies and misinformation for 60 minutes. i thought if you brought some examples, and would hold him accountable. i stood up and asked him why he considered peddling this information, the big lie, increasingly believing it. >> you're filling the airwaves with false information and you are living in chaos. at the same time you are removing information removing , the way it becomes accessible with net neutrality. like ingredients in a stew start to turn. >> the big lie is believed by an overwhelming amount of republican voters. despite efforts to correct it, it has reinforced over and over for them. >> now that we understand how and why this information has a
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negative effect on our democracy we must talk about what our government is doing to fix it. >> although 64% of americans agree that misinformation is a cause of the negative political climate that we have today there is nothing being done to stop it. the fcc is responsible for crating laws to stop misinformation. >> so far no laws have input place, foreign as -- former fcc chairman has thousands topic. >> i think the government needs to step up and create structures to develop behavioral standards but i think that there is a technological solution. why don't we have a system that sets up an alternative where we have open apis on the data going into the algorithm and the data coming out of the algorithm so that you and i are anyone else that can build the algorithm that says was going on right now? perhaps by knowing more,
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increasing transparency we can continue to take a step towards being better informed. >> this year we have been asked or -- after extensive research most american homes have failed to deliver -- >> there is no policy relating this problem and we want to emphasize one that up with a plethora of information religious world. >> it often gets misused or twisted. this is the exact reason a letter from the fcc because people concern, the actions must be taken. >> it is imperative that more laws must be put in place so citizens can decide what their future looks like and the democratic society. >> >> to watch this and all winning entries, visit our website. at studentcam.org. >> live tuesday on c-span, florida congressman mike speaks about the middle east institute
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about the biden administration foreign policy agenda. the republican member is in -- is a green beret. the conversation gets underway at 10 a.m. eastern. then at 2 p.m., the human rights commission meets to talk about how armed conflicts effect global security -- food security. 7:30 p.m. a former vice president mike pence speaks at an event. live from the university of virginia, charlottesville. everything also streams at c-span.org or c-span now our free view up. -- app. >> at least six presidents recorded information while in office -- office.
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here these conversations on presidential recordings. >> season one focuses on lyndon johnson. you will hear about the 1964 civil rights act. the gulf of thompson incident, the march on selma and the war of vietnam. not everyone knew there were being recorded. >> certainly, johnson's secretaries new because they were tasked with transcribing the conversations. they make sure that the conversations were taped because johnson would signal to them between the door of their offices in his. -- and there's. >> you also hear and -- blunt talk. >> our report of the number of people assigned to kennedy when he died -- if i can't ever go to the bathroom, i will do it. i won't go everywhere. i will stay behind the black gate. >> presidential recordings, find it on the c-span now mobile app or every you get your podcasts.
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