Post truth the new war on truth and how to fight back

By:

D'Ancona, Matthew

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Ebury Press 2017Description: 167p. ; 18 cmISBN:

9781785036873

Subject(s):

Truthfulness and falsehood

DDC classification:

177.3DAN

Summary: Welcome to the Post-Truth era? a time in which the art of the lie is shaking the very foundations of democracy and the world as we know it. The Brexit vote; Donald Trump?s victory; the rejection of climate change science; the vilification of immigrants; all have been based on the power to evoke feelings and not facts. So what does it all mean and how can we champion truth in in a time of lies and ?alternative facts??

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Welcome to the Post-Truth era? a time in which the art of the lie is shaking the very foundations of democracy and the world as we know it. The Brexit vote; Donald Trump?s victory; the rejection of climate change science; the vilification of immigrants; all have been based on the power to evoke feelings and not facts. So what does it all mean and how can we champion truth in in a time of lies and ?alternative facts??

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