Fake News at the New York Times The Case of Jayson Blair

* This episode contains no particular contentwarnings, there is however a very brief mention of another case involving sexual abuse *

 

This episode is about the New York Times, a high reputation paper of record in the Untied States, and how in theearly 2000s they came to publish a series of articles, which turned out to be plagiarised or untrue. Together with Professor Jack Grieve, from the University of Birmingham, our hosts Nicci and Tim take a look at how a linguistic approach to detecting fake news can make a difference.

 

For a list of our sources and more information about this case, please visit https://www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs

 

Have a question for Nicci or Tim? Email us at writingwrongs@aston.ac.uk and we may answer it duringan upcoming episode!

 

Check out the official AIFL blog for more forensic linguistic goodies here: https://medium.com/@AIFLblog

 

Production Team:

Angela Walker, Jordan Robertson, Neus Alberich Buera

Sound:Angela Walker

Visual design:

George Grant

Additional Voices:

Angela Walker

With our thanks to Professor Jack Grieve

 

Professor Tim Grant’s home page: 

Tim Grant - Aston Research Explorer

 

Dr Nicci MacLeod’s home page:

Nicci MacLeod - Aston Research Explorer

 

Professor Jack Grieve’s home page:

Professor Jack Grieve - Department ofLinguistics and Communication - University of Birmingham

 

Link to the book: The Language of Fake News