Ted Koppel, CBS News; Fake news, social media, and "The Death of Truth"
"Brill said, "We're at a point where nobody believes anything. Truth as a concept is really in trouble. It's suspect."
The cumulative impact of the lies and distortions just keeps growing, such that Brill titled his new book "The Death of Truth." "There are facts," he said, "and it used to be in this world that people could at least agree on the same set of facts and then they could debate what to do about those facts.
But we're losing our grip on any sort of shared reality. Brill's company, NewsGuard, is attempting to put the brakes on. Its 40 or so staffers around the world identify and rate the credibility of online news and information sources."
