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James Ball

Post-Truth

2016 marked the birth of the post-truth era. Sophistry and spin have coloured politics since the dawn of time, but two shock events — the Brexit vote and Donald Trump's elevation to US President — heralded a departure into murkier territory.
From Trump denying video evidence of his own words, to the infamous Leave claims of £350 million for the NHS, politics has rarely seen so many stretching the truth with such impunity.
Bullshit gets you noticed. Bullshit makes you rich. Bullshit can even pave your way to the Oval Office.
This is bigger than fake news and bigger than social media. It's about the slow rise of a political, media and online infrastructure that has devalued truth.
This is the story of bullshit: what's being spread, who's spreading it, why it works — and what we can do to tackle it.
324 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2017
Publication year
2017
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  • inmaiowahas quoted5 years ago
    the people reading the debunks are not only far fewer in number, but also nothing like the same people who read the initial false claim.
  • inmaiowahas quoted5 years ago
    how just the right dose of bullshit – coupled with a credulous media response – helped some narratives run for weeks, while others withered on the vine.
  • inmaiowahas quoted5 years ago
    The ‘sponsored links’ present at the foot or side of posts on almost every major site give the outlet a small amount of revenue for each click, but almost universally link to fake or hyped news. Traditional media boosts and profits from fake news, even as it tries to fight it.

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