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A Fact Free World

from *WILL WE SURVIVE? by Steve Shapiro

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We have arrived in a post-truth era. “Alternative facts” replace actual facts, and feelings have more weight than evidence. Trump seems to pay no political price for his lying, and the news cycle is dominated by references to “fake news” and “alternative facts.”

We are surrounded by people who think and believe the same things that we believe. There’s no doubt that Facebook and other social media have played a huge role in that. There’s always been selection of news — people basically read what they want to hear and gloss over things they don’t want to hear. It has become so much easier to do this. The insidious power of social media exaggerates it.

Maybe the problem is really about trust? Maybe the real issue is that we don’t trust each other, and we don’t trust the institutions that are supposed to unearth the truth?

If you’re a criminal bent on asserting your innocence, you undermine trust in the police. You undermine trust in the judiciary. You may be a murderer and a rapist, but you claim it’s the system that’s against you. This is Trump’s best move: It’s the thing he understands most.

I would like to see liars held responsible for their lies.

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from *WILL WE SURVIVE?, track released February 16, 2019

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Steve Shapiro Oakland, California

Steve Shapiro has composed music for hundreds of radio and TV commercials, documentary films, infomercials and other TV programs. He was the music director at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, which produced hundreds of award-winning educational films and recordings. He has a BA in Music from Brown University and an MA in Music from the Manhattan School of Music. ... more

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