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Fake News in Revolutionary America
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America’s Founding Fathers are often praised for their wisdom and discernment. But like Americans today, they faced a mountain of misinformation. Their political choices, from resisting British authority to declaring independence to forming a new nation, depended in part on their understanding of what was happening in places like London, Paris, and Port-au-Prince. Lacking modern tools to verify news, the information they encountered about events abroad was often contradictory, confusing, and outright false. How did they navigate this challenge? Did misinformation help to spark the American Revolution?
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Jordan E. Taylor is the Digital Projects Editor for Colonial Williamsburg. He is the author of Misinformation Nation: Foreign News and the Politics of Truth in Revolutionary America as well as numerous essays on print and politics during the American Revolution. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, TIME, Slate, The Daily Beast, and elsewhere. He is currently working on a second book on America’s founders and truth.
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Fake News in Revolutionary America
Date and time
Thursday, November 15 · 1 - 2:30am CET
Location
Refund Policy
Contact the organizer to request a refund.
Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.
About this event
1 hour 30 minutes
Mobile eTicket
America’s Founding Fathers are often praised for their wisdom and discernment. But like Americans today, they faced a mountain of misinformation. Their political choices, from resisting British authority to declaring independence to forming a new nation, depended in part on their understanding of what was happening in places like London, Paris, and Port-au-Prince. Lacking modern tools to verify news, the information they encountered about events abroad was often contradictory, confusing, and outright false. How did they navigate this challenge? Did misinformation help to spark the American Revolution?
To register for this virtual event, press the Tickets button and make a donation of any amount to Old North Illuminated, the nonprofit that preserves and interprets Old North Church & Historic Site. Your generosity supports our education programs. A Zoom link will be sent to you before the event.
Jordan E. Taylor is the Digital Projects Editor for Colonial Williamsburg. He is the author of Misinformation Nation: Foreign News and the Politics of Truth in Revolutionary America as well as numerous essays on print and politics during the American Revolution. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, TIME, Slate, The Daily Beast, and elsewhere. He is currently working on a second book on America’s founders and truth.
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