The Death of Truth: How Social Media and the Internet Gave Snake Oil Salesmen and Demagogues the Weapons They Needed to Destroy Trust and

by Steven Brill

How did we become a world where facts--shared truths--have lost their power to hold us together as a community, as a country, globally? How have we allowed the proliferation of alternative facts, hoaxes, even conspiracy theories, to destroy our trust in institutions, leaders, and legitimate experts? Best-selling journalist Steven Brill documents the forces and people, from Silicon Valley to Madison Avenue to Moscow to Washington, that have created...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525658319
• ISBN13: 9780525658313
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.