Trumping Truth

Essays on the Destructive Power of "Alternative Facts"

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

AvSalvador Jiménez Murguía,Salvador Jimenez Murguia

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When Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, coined the phrase "alternative facts" in January 2017, objectivity in public discourse--the long-held belief in a more or less agreed-upon set of verifiable truths--went into a tailspin. The use of alternative facts and narratives quickly became the go-to rhetorical strategy, especially among Trump's administration and base. Rebuttals based on fact-checking and hard data were demoted to mere choices in a media bazaar where consumers are free to source their own versions of reality.This volume explores the social and political disruption accompanying the loss of faith in objectivity, along with reflections on the disregard for truth and honesty, both within the Trump Administration and in contemporary popular culture.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-06-27
Mått152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt340 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor251
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476679099

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Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionPart 1: Trump Administration Observations(Not So) White Lies: “Rapists,” “Bad Hombres” and Donald Trump’s Conflation of “Mexicans” with “Illegal Immigration”During an Era of Declining Migration from Mexico (Justin D. García)The Irony at the Heart of Fake News and Alternative Facts (Robin Blom)“Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some Assembly Required”: Donald Trump’s War on Journalism (Jim Clarke)Departing from the Truth and Alternative Realities: The Wrongful Death of Marvin Booker (Sig Langegger )Part 2: Philosophical ObservationsSophistry Redux: Mythology and Ancient Rhetoric Reborn in the Trump Age (Andrew Grossman)On Faith/Trust and Confidence in an Alterfactual Sense (Sabatino DiBernardo)What Is a Politician? (Christopher W. Thurley) Part 3: Historical ObservationsOf Crowd Sizes and Casualties: The Ominous Similarities Between Trump-Era America and Wartime Japan in the Use of Alternative Facts (Sean D. O’Reilly)Wild Irishmen, Alternative Facts and the Construction of America’s First “Wall” (Debra Reddin van Tuyll)The Alternative Electorate: Mapping Trumped-Up Claims of Voter Fraud in the 2016 Election (Jacopo della Quercia)Part 4: Pop Cultural ObservationsSpeaking Post-Truth to Power: Comedy as Alternative Facts in Saturday Night Live (Melanie Piper)The Oven That Cooked Up Pizzagate: 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Board and Alt-Right Conspiracy Culture (Jeffrey J. Hall)From Mary Tyler Moore to Kellyanne Conway: Constructing a Synthetic Media Environment (Terri Toles Patkin )About the ContributorsBibliographyIndex