Amanpour and Company

November 13, 2020

Christiane speaks with French Minister of the Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire about the anniversary of the Paris terrorist attacks. She also speaks with novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Renee DiResta, technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, about the dangers of false narratives on the internet.

Disinformation Expert: We Have No Common Sense of Facts

16m 36s

Conspiracy theories and misinformation about coronavirus and the recent election are spreading like wildfire online. These are the sort of phenomena Renée DiResta has been studying for years. She is a disinformation expert and technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, and she speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about what can happen when false narratives go viral.

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  • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Discusses "Half of a Yellow Sun": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Discusses "Half of a Yellow Sun"

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    Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who is reviewing President Obama's upcoming memoir for the New York Times, is perhaps best known for her novels "Americanah" and "Half of a Yellow Sun." The latter book was just crowned the "winner of winners" of the Women’s Prize for Fiction. She joins the program from Lagos, Nigeria to reflect on Obama, her own literary success, and a year of racial reckoning.

  • Bruno Le Maire Discusses Current Events in Paris: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Bruno Le Maire Discusses Current Events in Paris

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    Europe's top heads of state have now congratulated President-elect Biden, hoping to refresh transatlantic alliance ties after four years of tension with the U.S. Stability is of paramount concern for France in particular. Today marks five years since deadly terrorist attacks in Paris with more attacks in recent weeks.All this as the country faces a second wave of COVID-19 and economic devastation.

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