Lying In State: Why Presidents Lie -- And Trump Is Worse Eric Alterman Basic Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

If There\ S One Thing We Know About Our Current President It\ That He Lies Donald Trump\ Are So Ubiquitous Incessant And Habitual They Have Become Inescapable -- From His False Claims The Size Of Inauguration Crowd To Whole Cloth Invention A Terrorist Attack In Sweden Assertion Democrats Planning Give Free Cars Undocumented Immigrants But While May Lie More Frequently Brazenly Than Any Other American Is Certainly Not First Mislead Public With Lying State Bestselling Historian Commentator Eric Alterman Asks How Ended Up Such Pathologically Dishonest Commander Chief What Consequences Serial Mendacity Might For Future Answer These Questions Explores Long History Presidential Showing Early On United States Has Persistently Expanded Its Power Hegemony Basis Over Time Deceptions Had Cumulative Pernicious Effect: Each Tells Makes It Easier Acceptable Subsequent Presidents Worse Still Media Largely Abandoned Their Responsibility As Referees News Information Uncritically Repeating Failing Issue Corrections Even After Revealed Trump Then Represents An Aberration Culmination Age-Old Trend Full Vivid Historical Examples Trenchant Analysis Essential Reading Anyone Seeking Understand Arrived This Age Alternative Facts Σελίδες: 416 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1013 Διαστάσεις: 16X16Cm