Anti-globalization activists from the group 'Oxfam' have dressed up as the leaders of the Group of Eight including at the harbor in the north-eastern German town of Rostock 05 June 2007.

It's Always Been "Post-Truth" Politics

On the Media | Sep 8, 2016

How can a person lie as frequently and as brazenly as Donald Trump and still receive as much popular support as he has? For the pundits, the answer is clear: we have finally reached "post-truth politics," where facts matter not and emotions reign supreme. 

To which writer and philosopher Sam Kriss says, "Same as it ever was." Bob talks to Kriss about the long history of elites fretting over the loss of "truth" in politics and why, ultimately, we might not want politics to be purely factual.

 

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