Not Exactly Lying: Fake News and Fake Journalism in American History Tucher Andie
Not Exactly Lying: Fake News and Fake Journalism in American History Tucher Andie Long before the current preoccupation with "fake news," American newspapers routinely ran stories that were not…
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Not Exactly Lying: Fake News and Fake Journalism in American History Tucher Andie
Long before the current preoccupation with "fake news," American newspapers routinely ran stories that were not quite, strictly speaking, true. From fibs in America's first newspaper about royal incest to social media-driven conspiracy theories about Barack Obama's birthplace, Andie Tucher explores how American audiences have argued over what's real and what's not and why that matters for democracy.Early American journalism was characterized by a hodgepodge of straightforward reporting, partisan broadsides, humbug, tall tales, and embellishment. Today, a firm boundary between fact and fakery is a hallmark of journalistic practice, yet for many readers and publishers across more than three centuries, this distinction has seemed slippery or even irrelevant.
Around the start of the twentieth century, journalists who were determined to improve the reputation of their craft established