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Lying in State
Why Presidents Lie -- And Why Trump Is Worse
Buch von Eric Alterman
Sprache: Englisch

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This definitive history of presidential lying reveals how our standards for truthfulness have eroded -- and why Trump's lies are especially dangerous.
If there's one thing we know about Donald Trump, it's that he lies. But he's by no means the first president to do so. In Lying in State, Eric Alterman asks how we ended up with such a pathologically dishonest commander in chief, showing that, from early on, the United States has persistently expanded its power and hegemony on the basis of presidential lies. He also reveals the cumulative effect of this deception-each lie a president tells makes it more acceptable for subsequent presidents to lie-and the media's complicity in spreading misinformation. Donald Trump, then, represents not an aberration but the culmination of an age-old trend.
Full of vivid historical examples and trenchant analysis, Lying in State is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how we arrived in this age of alternative facts.
This definitive history of presidential lying reveals how our standards for truthfulness have eroded -- and why Trump's lies are especially dangerous.
If there's one thing we know about Donald Trump, it's that he lies. But he's by no means the first president to do so. In Lying in State, Eric Alterman asks how we ended up with such a pathologically dishonest commander in chief, showing that, from early on, the United States has persistently expanded its power and hegemony on the basis of presidential lies. He also reveals the cumulative effect of this deception-each lie a president tells makes it more acceptable for subsequent presidents to lie-and the media's complicity in spreading misinformation. Donald Trump, then, represents not an aberration but the culmination of an age-old trend.
Full of vivid historical examples and trenchant analysis, Lying in State is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how we arrived in this age of alternative facts.
Über den Autor
Eric Alterman is a distinguished professor of English at CUNY Brooklyn College and holds a PhD in history from Stanford University. A columnist for the Nation, he is the author of ten previous titles, including the New York Times bestseller What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News. He lives in New York.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781541616820
ISBN-10: 1541616820
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 746557
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Alterman, Eric
Hersteller: Basic Books
Maße: 241 x 159 x 44 mm
Von/Mit: Eric Alterman
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.08.2020
Gewicht: 0,648 kg
Artikel-ID: 117611705
Über den Autor
Eric Alterman is a distinguished professor of English at CUNY Brooklyn College and holds a PhD in history from Stanford University. A columnist for the Nation, he is the author of ten previous titles, including the New York Times bestseller What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News. He lives in New York.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781541616820
ISBN-10: 1541616820
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 746557
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Alterman, Eric
Hersteller: Basic Books
Maße: 241 x 159 x 44 mm
Von/Mit: Eric Alterman
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.08.2020
Gewicht: 0,648 kg
Artikel-ID: 117611705
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