True Enough

Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society

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Why has punditry overtaken news, with so many media outlets pushing partisan agendas instead of information? Comedian Stephen Colbert's catchword "truthiness" has captured something essential about our age: that people are more comfortable with ideas that feel true, even if the evidence for those beliefs is thin.

With brilliant insights from psychology, sociology, and economics, Manjoo explains how myths pushed by both partisans and marketers - whether about global warming, the war in Iraq, 9/11, or even the virtues of a certain candy bar - have attracted wide support in recent years. His characters include the Swift Boat veterans, Lou Dobbs, and conspiracy theorists of all varieties - all of whom prove that true matters less, now, than true enough.

Farhad ManjooRay PorterBlackstone Audio, Inc.

Elections & Political Process

Media Studies

Politics & Government

Social Sciences

Words, Language & Grammar

Writing & Publishing

Funny

Comedy

Middle East

Elections & Political Process Media Studies Politics & Government Social Sciences Words, Language & Grammar Writing & Publishing Funny Comedy Middle East

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"Manjoo has produced an engaging, illustrative look at the dangers of living in an oversaturated media world." ( Publishers Weekly)

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