{"id":896585,"date":"2026-04-03T08:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/a-surprisingly-effective-way-to-fight-misinformation-dave-jorgenson\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T08:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:26:02","slug":"a-surprisingly-effective-way-to-fight-misinformation-dave-jorgenson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/a-surprisingly-effective-way-to-fight-misinformation-dave-jorgenson\/","title":{"rendered":"A surprisingly effective way to fight misinformation | Dave Jorgenson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>359,186<\/p>\n<p> plays<span><\/span>|<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Dave Jorgenson <\/p>\n<p> |<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> TEDNext 2025 <\/p>\n<p> \u2022 November 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\">What if the best defense against misinformation isn\u2019t panic, but a punchline? Journalist and comedian Dave Jorgenson explores how misinformation has proliferated throughout history \u2014 from the age of Plato to the era of viral TikToks. With his own short, absurdist sketches that explain the news, he shows how humor can cut through fear, spark curiosity and explore nuanced truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\">TED is supported by ads and partners<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.ted.com\/davejorgenson\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>359,186 plays | Dave Jorgenson | TEDNext 2025 \u2022 November 2025 What if the best defense against misinformation isn\u2019t panic, but a punchline? Journalist and comedian Dave Jorgenson explores how misinformation has proliferated throughout history \u2014 from the age of Plato to the era of viral TikToks. With his own short, absurdist sketches that explain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":896586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25567,25787],"tags":[6187,10855],"class_list":{"0":"post-896585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-effective","8":"category-surprisingly","9":"tag-effective","10":"tag-surprisingly"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=896585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/896586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=896585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=896585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}