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WEAPONIZED LIES : How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era / Daniel J. Levitin.

By: Publisher: New York, New York : Dutton, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xxii, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781101983829
Uniform titles:
  • Field guide to lies
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 153.42
Summary: "It's raining bad data, half-truths, and fake news out there - and some of this nonsense is having devastation consequences. Daniel J. Levitin shows how corporate and government reports, statistics, and news stories can mislead, and reveals the way lying weasels use them. What makes lies dangerous is the certainty with which people are prone to believe them. Here is how to fix that."--Page [4] of cover.
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"Previously published as A field guide to lies."

"Updated and with a new introduction"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"It's raining bad data, half-truths, and fake news out there - and some of this nonsense is having devastation consequences. Daniel J. Levitin shows how corporate and government reports, statistics, and news stories can mislead, and reveals the way lying weasels use them. What makes lies dangerous is the certainty with which people are prone to believe them. Here is how to fix that."--Page [4] of cover.

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