Guardian Australia’s Katharine Murphy and former MP David Feeney on the digital disruption of media and politics
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Today on the podcast we're talking filter bubbles, fake news, opinion vs fact. Media Files asks two experts how the media and politics influence each other - and why that's causing concern.
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