In our post-truth era, how we view reality is more important than ever
Originally published January 3, 2019 at 7:00 am Updated January 8, 2019 at 8:44 pm
By Jon Talton
Last year, the president’s defender Rudy Giuliani went full Orwell when he declared on national television that “Truth isn’t truth,†and objective facts are “in the eye of the beholder.â€
Such language epitomizes the era of President Donald Trump, who has told thousands of lies in office as regularly as a normal person says “hello,†and has demonized inconvenient facts as “fake news.â€
Politicians frequently spin or shade issues or events to their advantage. But the wholesale denial of objective reality is something new, especially from the highest elected official in the land.
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