| Author (Person) | Bentzen, Naja |
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| Author (Corporate) | European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service |
| Publisher | European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), European Union |
| Series Title | EPRS At a Glance |
| Series Details | PE 628.298 |
| Publication Date | October 2018 |
| Content Type | Research Paper |
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Summary: Is the 'very concept of objective truth' fading out of the world, as George Orwell wrote in his Homage to Catalonia in the 1930s? Or is truth even 'dead', as Time magazine asked in 2017? Can we draw clear lines between objective facts, spin and lies? What are the consequences of 'truth decay' for trust, democracy and multilateralism? |
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| Source Link | http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_ATA(2018)628298 |
| Subject Categories | Culture, Education and Research |
| Subject Tags | Democracy, Information Society |
