When News Broke

新闻爆出

Up First

2025-07-06

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Just a few decades ago most people used — and trusted — the same news sources. Now, Americans are siloed in separate ecosystems, consuming conflicting depictions of reality. Misinformation runs rampant. Conspiracy theories flourish. And extremism grows. Today on The Sunday Story from Up First, reporter Ben Bradford brings us back to the moment when the first crack formed in America's news media. And how that crack widened and widened, until we split into separate worlds. To hear more check out "Engines of Outrage", a mini-series from the Landslide podcast, distributed by NPR. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • I'm Aisha Roscoe, and this is The Sunday Story,

  • where we go beyond the news of the day to bring you one big story.

  • So, I've been going on some dates.

  • Now, not a lot, but a little bit.

  • And dating is a fascinating activity.

  • You know, you meet people you wouldn't have otherwise met, and they say something.

  • You might not expect.

  • One guy believed vaccines cause autism.

  • You know, that's been debunked multiple times, but, you know, I didn't press it.

  • And then he also said that Kamala Harris isn't black.

  • Well, she did go to Howard and, you know, her dad is black, but I let that go.

  • Another one had some interesting theories about the shape of the earth.

  • This was after a nice time.

  • I really enjoyed this person.

  • And so when they mentioned this, I said, oh, oh, no. Oh, no. But I wasn't ultimately deterred.

  • You know, look, people think different things.

  • People think different things.

  • Of course, this isn't just about, you know,

  • conversations over a glass of wine or a margarita with somebody who you're just talking to or trying to have some fun with.

  • Some of these ideas have also reached the highest levels of the White House and are reshaping our country and our world.