After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News

 

After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News, investigates the ongoing threat caused by the phenomenon of “fake news” in the U.S., focusing on the real-life consequences that disinformation, conspiracy theories and false news stories have on the average citizen, both in an election cycle and for years to come. This urgent and soulful documentary gains unprecedented access to figures in the Pizzagate, Seth Rich and Jade Helm 15 conspiracies, as well as peddlers of disinformation in the 2017 Alabama election in order to expose the human cost of “fake news.”

A portrait of the "propaganda pipeline" emerges, as false stories travel from dark corners online to mainstream launderers of "fake news." Cameras roll when two infamous peddlers of political lies are confronted in the act by journalists and Info Wars host Alex Jones is de-platformed. But how do we preserve the truth in the future?

Directed by Andrew Rossi and executive produced by CNN’s Brian Stelter, After Truth features exclusive access to the victims and perpetrators of false news stories as well as a variety of experts and journalists who contextualize its impact and reinforce the importance of quality journalism.