Post-Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (598 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1785036874 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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"D’Ancona’s punchy polemic asks questions that are urgently topical and undeniably important." —Guardian
So what does it all mean and how can we champion truth in in a time of lies and "alternative facts?" In this eye-opening and timely book, Post Truth is distinguished from a long tradition of political lies, exaggeration and spin. Now, one of the UK’s most respected political journalists, Matthew d’Ancona investigates how we got here, why quiet resignation is not an option and how we can and must fight back.. 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. 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. Where trust has evaporated, conspiracy theories thrive, the authority of the media wilt and emotions matter more than facts . What is new is not the mendacity of politicians but the public’s response to it and the ability of new technologies and social media to manipulate, polarise and entrench opinion
"Fake News! Fake News! Read all about it" according to John Plowright. In November 2012, Mark Thompson, the former Director General of the BBC, delivered, as part of his Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Rhetoric and the Art of Public Persuasion at Oxford University, a series of three lectures there entitled ‘The Cloud of Unknowing’.The theme of Thompson’s lectures was the degeneration of public disco