After the Fact, Nathan Bomey
After the Fact, Nathan Bomey
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After the Fact
The Erosion of Truth and the Inevitable Rise of Donald Trump

Author: Nathan Bomey

Narrator: Rob Shapiro

Unabridged: 8 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/08/2018


Synopsis

This trenchant analysis examines the many ways our society's increasingly tenuous commitment to facts laid the groundwork for Donald Trump's rise to power.

Award-winning journalist Nathan Bomey argues that Trump did not usher the post-truth era into being. He was its inevitable outcome. Bomey points to recent trends that have created the perfect seedbed for spin, distortion, deception, and bald-faced lies: shifting news habits, the rise of social media, the spread of entrenched ideologies, and the failure of schools to teach basic critical-thinking skills

The evidence supporting the author's argument is all around us: On Facebook, we present images of our lives that ignore the truth and intentionally deceive our friends and family. We consume fake news stories online and carelessly circulate false rumors. In politics, we vote for leaders who leverage political narratives that favor ideology over science. And in our schools, we fail to teach students how to authenticate information.

After the Fact explores how the convergence of technology, politics, and media has ushered in the misinformation age, sidelining the truth and threatening our core principle of community.

About Nathan Bomey

Nathan Bomey, a journalist at USA Today, was the lead reporter on Detroit's bankruptcy and General Motors for the Detroit Free Press. He lives in the Washington, D.C., area.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Joseph

For all who value truth In his second and (so far) best book yet, USA Today Reporter Nathan Bomey tackles the importance of truth and why it appears to be so sadly missing in so much news, media, social media, politics and public discord in an era where tribalism (making sure my side wins and yours l......more

I have just started a new job, hence the lack of reading over the last few months, and I now have a 1 mile walk each way which means I can listen to audiobooks again. I picked up After the Fact on audiobook from the library and found it really interesting. This is not all about Trump; in fact, it's m......more

Goodreads review by Ailith

The explicit statements are rather trifling, and, myself knowing a fair amount of the historical context, in desperate need of such context. It's a long-standing cliche to say America is polarized, with limited exceptions in its history -- and for every Trumpish (Or Limbaugh-esque, or even Jones-esq......more