Aspray William - Fake News Nation The Long History Of Lies And Misinterpretations In America - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: How rumors lies and misrepresentations shaped American history After the election of Donald Trump as president people in the United States and across large swaths of Europe Latin America and Asia engaged in the most intensive discussion in modern times about falsehoods pronounced by public officials. Fake facts in their various forms have long been present in American life particularly in its politics public discourse and business activities going back to the time when the country was formed. This book begins explores the long tradition of fake facts in their various guises in American history. It is one of the first historical studies to place the long history of lies and misrepresentation squarely in the middle of American political business and science policy rhetoric. In Fake News Nation James Cortada and William Aspray present a series of case studies that describe how lies and fake facts were used over the past two centuries in important instances in American history. Cortada and Aspray give readers a perspective on fake facts as they appear today and as they are likely to appear in the future.
Title: Fake News Nation The Long History Of Lies And Misinterpretations In America
Author(s): Aspray William
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Barcode: 9781538131107
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 10/1/2019
Category: Propaganda