The New Rules for Unreality Is what you read true or false? Institution after institution – from science to the media – is deciding they don’t know. Often, they don’t care. Instead, many say if you want to know if something’s true, you must decide yourself. Presuming you have the time, means, interest and ability. […]
Telling A Fake – Art Versus Science (10/29/12)
The Art of Truth Is it, or isn’t it? Will eating lots of sugar cause cancer? Do energy drinks cause sudden death? In a “gotcha” media culture where the fate of nations is treated as a sports contest – and presidential debates reported with the same gravity as “Dancing with the Stars” – it pays […]