October 31st, 2024
London, UK — Ctrl Alt Deceit: Democracy in Danger is a compelling new podcast, which seeks to expose the ever-evolving threats confronting democracies around the world. This 8-part series examines who exactly is trying to control the narrative, how they are using alternative facts to do that and looks at where such deception will end.
The show is led by seasoned journalists Nina dos Santos and Owen Bennett-Jones.
Times Radio feature on Ctrl+Alt+Deceit. Nina dos Santos speaks to Theo Usherwood about what she has learned from making the show.
Nina dos Santos speaks to Emma Nelson on Monocle Radio's flagship current affairs show The Globalist about her new podcast.
In 2024, democracy has been sorely tested with public trust in institutions falling to historic lows. Just three years ago, surveys showed that 60% of British adults were confident in the resilience of their democracy but as of the last UK General Election, that figure had dropped to just 39%, according to the Pew Research Center. This stark decline reflects widespread concern over the stability of our democratic systems, compounded by increasingly sophisticated disinformation tactics and external influences.
The American civil rights activist Maya Angelou once said that every voice is equally powerful.
In today’s echo-chambers online this may not always appear to be true.
But she also reckoned the vote was the great equaliser and that still remains the case, as long as having the right exercise one's suffrage can be done so in a free and uninfluenced manner.
Foreign policy experts have suggested events in Georgia-the state-where Donald Trump asked an official in 2020 to find him enough votes to win, have set the scene for what looks likely to have been a rigged election in Georgia- the country- in 2024.
All of this goes to show that what happens in the most powerful democracy - the United States- matters all over the world.