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BREAKING the DEADLOCK: Truth Under Fire

Facing a gripping hypothetical dilemma, a panel of experts reckons with social media and truth.

10/01/2025 | Rating TV-PG

DEADLOCK

BREAKING the DEADLOCK: Truth Under Fire

Preview: 10/1/2025 | 1m 14sVideo has Closed Captions

Facing a gripping hypothetical dilemma, a panel of experts reckons with social media and truth.

Facing a gripping hypothetical dilemma—disinformation about a controversial school board decision spreading rapidly on social media—a panel of experts grapples with what is true, and what truth even means today. Watch the preview for BREAKING the DEADLOCK: Truth Under Fire.

10/01/2025 | Rating TV-PG

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Funding for this program was provided in part by grants from The Rosalind P. Walter Foundation and by a grant from Anne Ray Foundation and by contributions from viewers like you. Thank you. Location furnished by The New York Historical.

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