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The Truth Matters: A Citizen's Guide to Separating Facts From Lies and Stopping Fake News in Its Tracks

byBruce Bartlett

Economic historian and former policy adviser Bruce Bartlett offers citizens a practical guide to evaluating political claims and unreliable news. He explains how to distinguish reporting from opinion, trace assertions to primary evidence, assess statistics, recognize ideological framing, and compare sources with different incentives. The book addresses propaganda and deliberate falsehoods while also showing how ordinary mistakes, selective presentation, and confirmation bias distort understanding. Bartlett's approach is neither cynical nor partisan: democratic judgment requires habits of verification, willingness to revise beliefs, and support for institutions capable of producing accountable, evidence-based information.

Publisher

Ten Speed Press

Publication date

2017

Format

Print edition

Pages

136

ISBN

9780399581168