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Through rigorous debate, Marc Lamont Hill cuts through the headlines to challenge conventional wisdom.

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Dr Marc Lamont Hill is an award-winning journalist and author and is the Steve Charles Professor of Media, Cities, and Solutions at Temple University. Hill is known for his work addressing the intersections of race, justice, politics and culture. His latest best-selling book is ‘We Still Here: Pandemics, Policing, Protest and Possibility’ which follows on the success of ‘Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable from Flint to Ferguson’. Hill has received numerous prestigious awards from the US National Association of Black Journalists, GLAAD, and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

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Iraq war: ‘The media ended up being lapdogs, not watchdogs’
Twenty years on from the start of the Iraq war, we look at how the US and UK media helped sell the war to the public.
Published On 17 Mar 2023
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Neil deGrasse Tyson on truth, disinformation and propaganda
‘We evolved to say to ourselves well, if we hear something often, it must be true … And this is the soul of propaganda.’
Published On 9 Mar 2023
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What is behind the US military’s recruitment crisis?
In an UpFront Special, Marc Lamont Hill examines why the US armed forces are failing to hit their recruitment targets.
Published On 3 Mar 2023
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Why are so many journalists being killed in Mexico?
‘What is happening in Mexico is a human rights emergency,’ says journalist and author Anabel Hernandez.
Published On 17 Feb 2023

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