The Freedom to Lie: A Debate about Democracy

by John Swan

Book Overview

"It is ironic that we librarians debate the place of dangerous and extreme ideas in our corner of the world of communication, when we are so sorely needed as champions of access. This is a time in which the Meese Pornography Commission recommendations are being turned into repressive laws, government secrecy is burgeoning while public access to information is dwindling, and media monopolies...continue to narrow the spectrum of what is deemed 'newsworthy'."--John...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786469935
• ISBN13: 9780786469932
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 206 Pages
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher