Truth Tellers – Details, episodes & analysis

Across the world, polls suggest trust in traditional media is in decline. And disinformation in all its forms is on the rise. In this episode of Truth Tellers, Krishnan Guru Murthy from Channel 4 News is joined by CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Deborah Turness from BBC News, Eliot Higgins from Bellingcat and Steven Brill of Newsguard.  

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Journalists Emily Maitlis, Jorge Ramos, Kara Swisher and RedBird IMI CEO Jeff Zucker sit down with Tortoise’s editor and co-founder James Harding. They discuss what the relationship between Trump 2.0 and the media might look like. 

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The co-founder and CEO of Dominion Voting Systems talks about how he took on Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News in the courts – and won. 

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The media mogul who founded Fox Broadcasting Company talks about Rupert Murdoch – and the future of news.

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Mexican reporter Anabel Hernandez discusses her 17-year investigation into the Sinaloa cartel, and the threats made to her life. 

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The creator of hit TV show, Succession, talks about his inspiration for the Roy family. 

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Journalism’s greatest power couple discuss the lessons of Watergate, and the enduring principles of good investigative reporting.

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A discussion with leading journalists Maria Pevchikh (Navalny anti-corruption foundation), Christo Grozev (Bellingcat), Mikhail Zygar (TV Rain) and campaigner Bill Browder.

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Sir Harry Evans was arguably the greatest newspaper editor of the 20th century. The Sir Harry Evans Global Summit in Investigative Journalism brings together the biggest names in journalism to continue his legacy, and debate the future of speaking truth to power.

In this series we bring you conversations from the inaugural summit, which was held in London on 10th May 2023.

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The Nigerian writer, novelist and poet Wole Soyinka won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986.  In this episode of Truth Tellers he discusses Nigeria and colonialism with the BBC’s Mishal Hussain.

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