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How Nigerian Politicians are Recruiting Youths to Slander Their Rivals Online on Q for 10-7

TODAY on "Q" 

-- Ahead of Nigeria's 2015 general elections, political thuggery has gone digital. Journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani  explains how politicians are recruiting Nigerian youth to slander their rivals online.

-- Craig Silverman of the Poynter Institute speaks to Q about his 'breaking news' fact-checker website that tries to debunk all those viral (but unfortunately not true) news stories coursing through social media.