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The Washington Roundtable discusses Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to end its fact-checking program across Meta’s social-media sites. Instead, Meta will release a tool that allows readers to add context and corrections to posts, similar to the way one can leave a “community note” on X. What does this choice mean for truth online in the coming Trump Administration, and have “alternative facts,” as they were dubbed by Kellyanne Conway in 2017, won out? Plus, free speech in the era of Donald Trump, lawsuits brought against the mainstream media, and how journalists will cover President Trump’s second Administration.This week’s reading: “King Donald and the Presidents at the National Cathedral,” by Susan B. Glasser “Why the MAGA Fight Over H-1B Visas Is Crossing Party Lines,” by John Cassidy “Lauren Boebert’s Survival Instincts,” by Peter Hessler Tune in wherever you get your podcasts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
