From editors blatantly trying to sell papers by any means to columnists courting readers to publishers trying to shape national policy, the people believe the fake news as readily as they believe the truth.
Tag: Berkshire County Whig
CONNECTIONS: Lies, damned lies, and the facts
Today, dangerously, we argue fact as if it were one of multiple opinions. It saps our national strength and hampers our ability to problem-solve.
The ‘News,’ then as now
It took 200 years for American media and public relations to discover the power of hypocrisy: simultaneously lying and denying it.