The Resource Lying in state : why presidents lie -- and why Trump is worse, Eric Alterman
Lying in state : why presidents lie -- and why Trump is worse, Eric Alterman
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- Summary
- "The definitive history of presidential lying, revealing how our standards for truthfulness have eroded-and why Trump's lies are especially dangerous. If there's one thing we know about Donald Trump, it's that he lies. But he's by no means the first president to do so. In Lying in State, Eric Alterman asks how we ended up with such a pathologically dishonest commander in chief, showing that, from early on, the United States has persistently expanded its power and hegemony on the basis of presidential lies. He also reveals the cumulative effect of this deception-each lie a president tells makes it more acceptable for subsequent presidents to lie-and the media's complicity in spreading misinformation. Donald Trump, then, represents not an aberration but the culmination of an age-old trend. Full of vivid historical examples and trenchant analysis, Lying in State is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how we arrived in this age of alternative facts."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 402 pages
- Isbn
- 9781541616820
- Label
- Lying in state : why presidents lie -- and why Trump is worse
- Title
- Lying in state
- Title remainder
- why presidents lie -- and why Trump is worse
- Statement of responsibility
- Eric Alterman
- Title variation
- Why presidents lie -- and why Trump is worse
- Subject
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- Political ethics -- United States
- Politics and government
- Presidents
- Presidents -- United States -- History
- History
- Truthfulness and falsehood -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government
- Truthfulness and falsehood -- Political aspects
- Political ethics
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The definitive history of presidential lying, revealing how our standards for truthfulness have eroded-and why Trump's lies are especially dangerous. If there's one thing we know about Donald Trump, it's that he lies. But he's by no means the first president to do so. In Lying in State, Eric Alterman asks how we ended up with such a pathologically dishonest commander in chief, showing that, from early on, the United States has persistently expanded its power and hegemony on the basis of presidential lies. He also reveals the cumulative effect of this deception-each lie a president tells makes it more acceptable for subsequent presidents to lie-and the media's complicity in spreading misinformation. Donald Trump, then, represents not an aberration but the culmination of an age-old trend. Full of vivid historical examples and trenchant analysis, Lying in State is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how we arrived in this age of alternative facts."--
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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alterman, Eric
- Dewey number
- 177/.30973
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Presidents
- Truthfulness and falsehood
- United States
- Political ethics
- Political ethics
- Politics and government
- Presidents
- Truthfulness and falsehood
- United States
- Label
- Lying in state : why presidents lie -- and why Trump is worse, Eric Alterman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control code
- on1112282579
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 402 pages
- Isbn
- 9781541616820
- Lccn
- 2020008737
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1112282579
- Label
- Lying in state : why presidents lie -- and why Trump is worse, Eric Alterman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control code
- on1112282579
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 402 pages
- Isbn
- 9781541616820
- Lccn
- 2020008737
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1112282579
Subject
- Political ethics -- United States
- Politics and government
- Presidents
- Presidents -- United States -- History
- History
- Truthfulness and falsehood -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government
- Truthfulness and falsehood -- Political aspects
- Political ethics
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