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TRUTH UNDER FIRE is a bold new episode of BREAKING the DEADLOCK, the PBS series where top voices tackle America’s toughest issues through fictional yet realistic scenarios. Legal expert Aaron Tang moderates spirited, solutions-driven debate. Civil discourse meets real-world stakes.

A fake video, a high-stakes call, and an election on the line. Will truth or strategy win?
Hours before polls close, a candidate faces a choice: truth or power?
On election eve, a mother learns her son staged a viral stunt—what happens next?
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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