Jackie Wakefield
Appearances
Global News Podcast
Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
Some of the potentially harmful claims that we saw on the podcast were things like eating gluten can cause autism. We saw things like the ketogenic diet. So eating high fat, high protein, low carb could be a good treatment for cancer over chemotherapy. And then some anti-vaccine conspiracies like COVID was a bioweapon.
Global News Podcast
Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
These are all false and checked with by medical experts.
Global News Podcast
Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
Yes, Stephen Bartlett's production company, Flight Studios, said that the Diary of a CEO is an open-minded, long-form conversation with individuals identified for their distinguished and eminent career. They heard a range of voices. They said not just those that Stephen and the team agree with.
Global News Podcast
Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
Yeah, it's really tough because they're often not under legacy media companies like the BBC and run independently. Ofcom doesn't cover regulations for podcasts, so they don't have any regulations they need to follow. And it's really difficult because you've also got massive podcasts like the Joe Rogan Experience, which is huge in America, but also massive here.
Global News Podcast
Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
So how do you regulate an international independent podcast?
Global News Podcast
Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
It's really tricky because how can you tell who's the real expert? And what I found really tough in fact-checking the claims was a lot of them sound really scientific and it's really tricky to fact-check it.