Oxford Dictionaries has named its Word of the Year, and it’s post-truth.
Are we in a post-truth world? If you’re in the reality-based community, are you obsolete? Or do facts still matter?
We’ll also reveal what word is the winner for our Word of the Year on this episode of Talk the Talk.
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Show notes
‘Post-truth’ named 2016 word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/16/post-truth-named-2016-word-of-the-year-by-oxford-dictionaries/
Why We’re Post-Fact
https://granta.com/why-were-post-fact/
The man who studies the spread of ignorance
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160105-the-man-who-studies-the-spread-of-ignorance
Trump’s lies have a purpose. They are an assault on democracy.
https://thinkprogress.org/when-everything-is-a-lie-power-is-the-only-truth-1e641751d150
Dan Rather, on why truth matters
https://www.facebook.com/theDanRather/posts/10157810937485716
Bursting the Facebook bubble: we asked voters on the left and right to swap feeds
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/16/facebook-bias-bubble-us-election-conservative-liberal-news-feed
Zuckerberg Says He’ll Take Steps to Solve Facebook Fake News
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-19/zuckerberg-says-he-ll-take-steps-to-solve-facebook-fake-news
Facebook and Google to stop ads from appearing on fake news sites
http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/15/technology/facebook-google-fake-news-presidential-election/
Six easy ways to tell if that viral story is a hoax
https://theconversation.com/six-easy-ways-to-tell-if-that-viral-story-is-a-hoax-47673
Did racism Trump economic anxiety in the US election? @mehdirhasan’s Reality Check.
https://twitter.com/AJUpFront/status/802248756905115648/video/1
The ‘latte libel’ is a brilliant strategy. The left cannot counter it with facts alone
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/28/the-latte-libel-is-a-brilliant-strategy-the-left-cannot-counter-it-with-facts-alone
These Are The Most Searched Words Since Donald Trump Was Elected
https://www.good.is/articles/trump-election-most-searched-words
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