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Articles by Patrick Barrett

The Case for Robust Debate in the “Post-truth” Era

Patrick Barrett October 4, 2017 Patrick Barrett

Today, it seems we have not learned the lessons of the “post-truth” election. The anonymity of the internet, combined with a severely impoverished political culture, has created a situation in which the most common form of engagement with contrary opinions is ad hominem attacks and claims of “fake news” and “alternative facts.”

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