True Enough Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society

Name: True Enough Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society
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ISBN: 9780470050101

ISBN-10: 0470050101

ISBN-13: 9780470050101

Edition: 2008

Authors: Farhad Manjoo

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Advance praise for "True Enough" "The news media are supposed to help us understand the world, and faster, better, more varied commun-ication technologies are supposed to enrich that process of understanding. "True Enough" explains why things have so often worked in reverse--and why Americans no longer disagree just about opinions and political values, but about basic factual realities. This problem of 'truthiness' is depressingly familiar, but Farhad Manjoo adds useful information and insights about its origins, effects, and possible solutions." --James Fallows, National Correspondent for the "Atlantic Monthly" and author of "Breaking the News" "Well worth reading. Make no mistake: this is…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/1/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 9.00" wide x 5.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.396



Acknowledgments


Preface



"Reality" Is Splitting



The New Tribalism: Swift Boats And The Power Of Choosing



Trusting Your Senses: Selective Perception and 9/11



Questionable Expertise: The Stolen Election And The Men Who Push It



The Twilight of Objectivity, or What's the Matter with Lou Dobbs?



"Truthiness" Everywhere


Epilogue: Living In a World without Trust


Notes


Index