![]() ![]() And as a society, we can take important steps to reduce the quantity and effects of misinformation.Īward-winning poet and critic Kevin Young traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly American phenomenon - the legacy of P.T. As individuals, we can improve the accuracy of our understanding of the world by knowing who to trust and recognizing our limitations. ![]() But we can do better, both as individuals and as a society. Beyond Fake News argues that even when we really want the truth, our minds are built in such a way so as to be incapable of grasping many facts, and blind spots mar our view of the world. And it chronicles how, as technology improves and the regulatory burdens drop, our information-scape becomes ever more littered with misinformation. It shows how purveyors of news often have incentives to mislead us, and how consumers of information often have incentives to be misled. It offers a technological and market-based explanation for how our informational environment became so polluted. Inevitably, we have questions: Who is telling the truth? How would we know? How did we get here? What can we do? Beyond Fake News answers these and other queries. ![]() The daily paper, nightly news, websites, and social media each compete for our attention and each often insist on a different version of the facts. Conflicting messages bombard us every day with news on everything from politics and world events to investments and alternative health. ![]()
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