false 3034994 2 <b>Advance praise for <i>True Enough</i></b> <p> "The news media are supposed to help us understand the world, and faster, better, more varied commun-ication technologies are supposed to enrich that process of understanding. <i>True Enough</i> explains why things have so often worked in reverse&#8212;and why Americans no longer disagree just about opinions and political values, but about basic factual realities. This problem of 'truthiness' is depressingly familiar, but Farhad Manjoo adds useful information and insights about its origins, effects, and possible solutions."<br> &#8212;James Fallows, National Correspondent for the <i>Atlantic Monthly</i> and author of <i>Breaking the News</i> <p> "Well worth reading. Make no mistake: this is no run-of-the-mill exposé of media bias, but a sophisticated analysis of the ways and means by which lies and distortions do so well in today's fractured, cynical media world."<br> &#8212;Todd Gitlin, Professor of Journalism and Sociology, Columbia University, and author of <i>The Bulldozer and the Big Tent</i> 3065592 17 3 2008 True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society total:118|5:15|4:52|3:42|2:6|1:3| 118 424 342 52 4 4 false false Sun Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 12:59:37 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 13:06:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 18 09:02:30 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 17 20:32:16 -0800 2009
When you entitle a book with something like, "Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society", there's an implication that you might drop a few bits of wisdom on what the hell you should actual...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 14:30:10 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 07:07:14 -0700 2008
There's really nothing new in Manjoo's book. Yes, I realize that I'm always being sold something. Yes, I realize that I have a pre-existing mindset. I know that there are right wing lobbyists that are always up to their nefarious ends...

The book wasn’t bad though. It ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Aug 17 06:09:04 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 08:58:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sat Sep 12 07:57:16 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 08:02:59 -0700 2009
A brief look at some themes:

Selective exposure - we indulge information that pleases us and coc...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 07:34:47 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 13:15:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 29 09:06:56 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 09:21:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 15:05:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 11:55:33 -0700 2009
Another reviewer mentions how the book did not live up to the title, and I share that frustration. Manjoo bids us to "choose wisely" when we evaluate the information with which we are bombarded...but offers little on how to break free of our biases....more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 10:28:29 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 12:50:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 04:50:34 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 04:57:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 17:32:48 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 18:30:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 20 08:42:19 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 08:48:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 21 19:22:09 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 19:29:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 08:37:29 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 12:17:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Feb 08 08:56:29 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 09:00:36 -0800 2009
I don't know whether this features explicitly in the book or not, but in the same article where I heard about this book, a new word & concept was mentioned: agnotology, the...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Aug 14 08:09:23 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 25 20:11:46 -0800 2009
In it, Manjoo sets out to make three main points:
1) People consume news in such a way as to confirm their own preconceived biases and notions of the way in...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 09:39:06 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 06:14:57 -0700 2008
I have a favorite paragraph, want to hear it? Here it goes:
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