'From Rodney King to Renee Good': The role of video in historic events

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published January 14, 2026 at 11:48 AM EST

Here & Now’s Indira Lakshmanan talks with Princeton University historian Julian Zelizer about how he says video, which “once provided a powerful counterweight to official narratives,” has been eroded by the age of misinformation.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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