Fake News Nation: The Long History of Lies and Misinterpretations in America

by James W. Cortada and William F. Aspray

Book Overview

How rumors, lies, and misrepresentations shaped American history

After the election of Donald Trump as president, people in the United States and across large swaths of Europe, Latin America, and Asia engaged in the most intensive discussion in modern times about falsehoods pronounced by public officials. Fake facts in their various forms have long been present in American life, particularly in its politics, public discourse, and business...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538131102
• ISBN13: 9781538131107
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"