Who Told You That

Media literacy and fact-checking for everyday readers

Wanjiru Maina2 episodes1 min of audio32 playsEpisodic

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S1 · E2Oct 9, 20260:459 plays Preview

A statistic with no denominator

A claim that crime doubled was everywhere this week. Wanjiru explains why a number without a base means nothing, finds the original report and shows what it really said.

S1 · E1Aug 16, 20260:4023 plays Members

The flood photo that was from a different country

A dramatic flood photo spread across group chats this week as breaking news. Wanjiru shows how a reverse image search traced it to another continent in under two minutes.

About the show

Who Told You That is a weekly show about how to read the news without being fooled by it. Wanjiru Maina, who spent six years on a fact-checking desk in Nairobi, takes a viral claim, a misleading chart or a suspicious screenshot that did the rounds that week and walks through exactly how she checks it: reverse image searches, finding the original source, reading past the headline, spotting a cropped quote. The second half of each episode is a short lesson in one habit, such as how to tell a wire story from an opinion piece or why a statistic without a denominator means nothing. It is a two-host conversation most weeks, with producer Kevin asking the questions a normal reader would ask. Episodes run about 25 minutes and come out every Wednesday. It is for parents, teachers, students and anyone who has ever forwarded something and regretted it.

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