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Are we getting real news? Not unless we pick apart the manipulations foisted on the public by the government and the media. Tune in for Russ Baker’s how-to guide.

123Are we getting real news in our everyday lives?

That’s the question the hostesses of the Cafecito Break podcast posed to WhoWhatWhy Editor-in-Chief Russ Baker during the Aug. 11, 2014, show.

In the hour-long interview with Rosangel Perez and Ruthie Guten, Russ lays out why we aren’t getting real news. Instead, we’re getting a manipulated form designed to protect vested corporate and government interests.

With his hallmark tour of today’s headlines, Russ analyzes how news coverage of events from the Boston Bombing to MH-17 to Boko Haram demonstrates what we’re not being told, and why it’s happening.

If you want to be a more empowered news consumer, tune in for Russ Baker’s guide to sifting for the truth:

Are We Getting Real News w/ Investigative Journalist, Russ Baker, of WhoWhatWhy on Cafecito Break by Whowhatwhy on Mixcloud