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£10 £10Lies, damned lies, and alternative facts. Assessing the implications for journalism and political culture in the US and the UK, the journalist and commentator asks why this has become the era of post-truth, how much Donald Trump is to blame, the danger this poses to democracy – and what can be done about it.
Jonathan Freedland is a journalist and author. He is a regular contributor to The Guardian, The Jewish Chronicle, The New York Times and The New York Review of Books. He also presents BBC Radio 4's contemporary history series, The Long View.
Enjoy food and drink purchased from the Knowledge Centre Bar from 18.00 and after the event until the Bar closes at 22.00.
Sponsored by the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library, in collaboration with the US-UK Fulbright Commission
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2017-09-07 2017-09-07 Europe/London Jonathan Freedland on 'Fake News' Jonathan Freedland delivers the 2017 Eccles Centre Fulbright Commission Lecture on the topic of ‘fake news’ https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2017/09/07/jonathan-freedland-on-fake-news-152170 British Library,96 Euston Road, London, London,Location
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