Barbara McQuade | Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America

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In conversation with Ali Velshi
Barbara McQuade is a legal expert for MSNBC and NBC News, and a co-host of the podcast #SistersInLaw. She teaches courses in criminal law, criminal procedure, national security, and data privacy at the University of Michigan Law School. The first woman to serve in her position, from 2010 to 2017 she was the U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. Her early career included work as a sportswriter and copy editor, a judicial law clerk, an associate in private practice, and an assistant U.S. attorney. In Attack from Within, McQuade presents an encompassing examination of the ways in which mass disinformation is damaging democracy, while also offering a practical guide to shoring up the institutions, technology, and policies beset by those with an interest in dividing us.
Ali Velshi is an award winning journalist, host of "Velshi" and Chief Correspondent for MSNBC, and a weekly economics contributor to NPR's "Here And Now." He has covered multiple U.S. Midterm and Presidential elections and significant news stories around the globe, including extensive reporting from Israel during the war with Israel and Hamas, Ukraine and across Central and Eastern Europe during the Russian invasion, the Syrian refugee crisis from Turkey and Jordan, and the Iran Nuclear Deal in Tehran. He hosts the "Velshi Banned Book Club on MSNBC, and the "Velshi Banned Book Club" podcast. Velshi is known for his immersive on-the-ground reporting and his interactive discussions with small groups, which form part of his ongoing series, Velshi Across America. He previously worked as an anchor and correspondent for Al Jazeera America and CNN. He has been nominated for multiple Emmy Awards, and is the recipient of two National Headliner Awards and a Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award.
Recorded February 29, 2024
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[@francesj.jenson6698]

I love Barbara McQuade. She is brilliant, legal guru, and can explain any ruling, brief, law, and next steps for anyone to understand. She is one who will be remembered as helping the American public through a dark and tumultuous time in history. Ali Velshi is and has always been one of my favorite TV anchor/journalists of the time. He is outstanding and an asset to this nation. What a dynamic duo. Love this! Thank you! Xoxo-Frances

[@tselengbotlhole750]

She is brilliant

[@ejr5480]

MSNBC IS DISINFORMATION!!! WAKE UP!!!

[@mrfuzztone]

Barbara does an excellent job explaining disinformation and related issues. Very expert on all aspects of the subject and great answers. Recent disinformation has been reports of exagerrated crowd sizes for Trump rallies. That invalid information makes people believe Trump is more popular than he is. Yes, read the book.

[@tselengbotlhole750]

How did I miss this? I love this woman, I had hoped she was going to be the AG not useless Garland

[@marybutler9581]

Mr. Velshi, Henrik Ibsen wrote a play called "An Enemy of the People" in 1882. Stalin may have read it, but he didn't originate the phrase.