The death of truth how social media and the Internet gave snake oil salesmen and demagogues the weapons to destroy trust and polarize the world--and what we can do about it

"A best-selling author documents how facts--shared truths--have lost their power to hold us together as a community, as a country, globally, and how belief in 'alternative facts' and conspiracy theories have destroyed trust in institutions, leaders, and legitimate experts"--

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Main Author: Brill, Steven, 1950- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:"A best-selling author documents how facts--shared truths--have lost their power to hold us together as a community, as a country, globally, and how belief in 'alternative facts' and conspiracy theories have destroyed trust in institutions, leaders, and legitimate experts"--
Physical Description:viii, 317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-295) and index.
ISBN:9780525658313
0525658319
Author Notes:STEVEN BRILL is the best-selling author of The Teamsters, America's Bitter Pill, and Tailspin. He has written for The New York Times, Time, The New Yorker, and other national publications. Brill is the cofounder and co-CEO of NewsGuard, which rates the reliability of news and information websites. He is also the founder of The American Lawyer, Brill's Content magazine, Court TV, the CLEAR registered traveler program, and the Yale Journalism Initiative. He lives near New York City.