Get a Grip: Who can you trust in a fake news world?

The Edge on 22 August 2019

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Get a grip: Who can you trust in a fake news world?

Polls: No. News Outlets: No. Facebook Feed: No. You: …. ?

We live in a fake news era: Brexit, US elections, our own election. How could they get it so wrong?

So, who can we trust? How do we burst the fake news bubble and get the facts? Is it all on you?

Join us at the Edge as we hear from both sides: a journalist and a critic of the media as they show how we can leave the echo chamber, hear the truth and get a grip.

Speakers-

Scott Monk is an Australian author. Born in Macksville, NSW, but moved to Adelaide in 1996 to work with the Advertiser as a newspaper reporter and in 1999 won South Australia's Young Journalist of the Year Award for his commitment to youth affairs. He went on to work for The Australian newspaper in Sydney.

David Robertson is the current director of Third Space and was the associate director of the Solas Centre for Public Christianity. He also is interested in history, politics, theology, music, sport, art etc. For David, writing is a form of thinking out loud and trying to work out things.

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David Robertson

David Robertson is an experienced presenter and debater on the place of the Christian faith in the public sphere, a prolific blogger at The Wee Flea and he was the minister at St Peter's Free Church in Dundee, Scotland for 27 years. Having come to Australia in 2019 to work with City Bible Forum, David now is employed by the Anglican Diocese of Sydney to help churches think about how they engage with their culture to communicate the good news of Jesus.

Scott Monk

Scott Monk is an Australian author. Born in Macksville, NSW, but moved to Adelaide in 1996 to work with the Advertiser as a newspaper reporter and in 1999 won South Australia's Young Journalist of the Year Award for his commitment to youth affairs. He went on to work for The Australian newspaper in Sydney.

Sam Chan

Dr. Sam Chan is one of Third Space's national communicators. He is a cultural analyst, theologian, public speaker, author, medical doctor, and karaoke buddy. Sam was born in Hong Kong, grew up and lives in Australia, studied medicine at the University of Sydney, and did his PhD in Chicago, USA. He is a published author of five books.

Get a Grip: Who can you trust in a fake news world?

The Edge on 22 August 2019

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