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Bezig met laden... Battling the Big Lie: How Fox, Facebook, and the MAGA Media Are Destroying Americadoor Dan Pfeiffer
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Politics.
Nonfiction.
HTML:“BATTLING THE BIG LIE is an important read for anyone who’s wondering how the far right traffics in lies and what we can all do to fight back.” ?PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OF YES WE (STILL) CAN! AND CO-HOST OF POD SAVE AMERICA. BATTLING THE BIG LIE explains how to combat political disinformation and dangerous lies of the right-wing propaganda machine. In BATTLING THE BIG LIE, bestselling author Dan Pfeiffer dissects how the right-wing built a massive, billionaire-funded disinformation machine powerful enough to bend reality and nearly steal the 2020 election. From the perspective of someone who has spent decades on the front lines of politics and media, Pfeiffer lays out how the right-wing media apparatus works, where it came from, and what progressives can do to fight back against disinformation. Over a period of decades, the right-wing has built a massive media apparatus that is weaponizing misinformation and spreading conspiracy theories for political purposes. ?This “MAGA Megaphone”? that is personified by Fox News and fueled by Facebook? is waging war on the very idea of objective truth—and they are winning. This disinformation campaign is how Donald Trump won in 2016, almost won in 2020, and why the United States is incapable of addressing problems from COVID-19 to climate change. Pfeiffer explains how and why the Republicans have come to depend on culture war grievances, crackpot conspiracies, and truly sinister propaganda as their primary political strategies, including: Republican efforts from Roger Ailes to Steve Bannon and Donald Trump to sow distrust while exploiting the media’s biases and the Democratic Party’s blind spots. The optimization of Facebook as the ultimate carrier of Trumpist messaging. Educating the Left to stop clutching pearls and start “fighting fire with fire.” How to fight back against the trolls spreading disinformation and hate on the Internet.A functioning democracy depends on a shared understanding of reality. America is teetering on the edge because one of the two parties in our two-party system views truth, facts, and science as their opponent. BATTLING THE BIG LIE is a call to arms for anyone and everyone who cares about truth and democracy. There are no easy answers or quick fixes, but something must be done. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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While Pfeiffer's willingness to call the GOP by the various names they have earned will irritate some readers, he backs up those claims with facts. I even saw where someone whined that this is a book full of opinions. Well, yes, there are a lot of opinions here, informed opinions, and they are supported by the facts. He does present facts, though some will only accept as a source a right-wing source, which obviously don't trade in facts, so they can claim, disingenuously, that "good" sources weren't cited.
What is the most important part of this book is where we learn ways to help minimize the damage. Even the most absurd lies gain credibility simply by being repeated, even if repeated in opposition. Don't spread the lies by sharing posts, use other methods.
I would recommend this to anyone who still wants a democracy in the US. In other words, while Republicans might learn a bit, they have become de facto anti-Democracy, so they will, wait for it, lie about what is in here, often without even reading it. Go figure, they love an orange menace that can barely read and has no comprehension abilities, so...
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley. (