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Life In the Berkshires

CONNECTIONS: A brief history of fake news

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.

by Carole Owens
Posted on February 13, 2018
Life In the Berkshires

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.

by Carole Owens
Posted on January 3, 2017
Viewpoints

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.

by Carole Owens
Posted on August 5, 2014
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