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 / Steven Brill.
Six times seven is not forty-one -- The liberation of the "good Samaritans" -- "What's up with your recommendation engine?" -- "We're sorry" -- Millions of papers flying around -- ER doctors or tobacco company shills? -- Buying blind -- A vaster wasteland -- Attacking the referees -- Infodemic -- Down the rabbit hole -- America's shameful export -- "We are going to burn you down" -- When you can't believe your own eyes -- Resurrecting truth--what you can do.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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