The Fremont troll is turning 30
And some of us are less thrilled with it than others. Another look at how to spot misinformation and disinformation regarding the 2020 election. And this week’s chat with Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan.
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The Fremont Troll is having its Saturn return
On Halloween in 1990, the Fremont troll was installed under the Aurora bridge. And there it has stayed for the past 30 years, disturbing no one – except, it turns out, Crosscut Editor-at-Large Knute Berger. Owing to a childhood fear instilled by Norwegian folktales, Knute offered some insight into the creepier side of trolls.
Jevin West on elex disinfo + misinfo
As the election draws closer, beware the posts of the friend-of-a-friend. That’s just one of the tips Jevin West, who’s head of UW’s Center for an Informed Public, had to impart on how to combat disinformation and misinformation around the 2020 election.
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan 10.29
Criminal legal reform and solving Seattle’s homelessness problem were on the docket for this week’s chat with mayor Jenny Durkan – as was a question about any regrets she has regarding her career history on race.
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Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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