True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society Audiobook

" What I learned: Reality is splitting - different groups of people (FOX News viewers vs. MSNBC viewers, for example) increasingly have different versions of what they accept as real or factual. "

" This is probably one of the most influential books I have read. Although the author is biased, he really changed the way I view the media. "

" Simple but illuminating. 50 years ago, when there were just a handful of news sources, we all roughly agreed on the basic facts of the political world. We just argued about the implications. Now there are sources of news for every interest and bias, so we no longer agree on even the facts. We can easily see the result: polarized electorates and an inability to maintain rational discussions about politics. "

" A very important book. Vital insight into how we are becoming "informed". "

" The author presents a convincing theory about how we are creating our own versions of "truth" (reality), aided by the multiple dispersion of information on the Internet and in the media. This dispersion and repackaging of facts only adds to fragment society. This tends to conflict with our general idea that because of how readily available so much information is, we should be headed more towards a consensus of facts, of the "truth". I like this book for the idea it presents and the psychology behind it; however, I found that the author tended to drag out ideas and in fact seemed a bit subjective towards some ideas himself. Leading, of course, to the question of how much the author is creating his own truth, as well. "

" Excellent book about media bias, news-consumer bias, irrational consumption, and our addiction to slanted news coverage. "

" Manjoo does a good job making political psychology accessible, using contemporary examples and contemporary phenomena. "

" Been a while since I read this one but I reference it fairly often esp. during political debate or conversations about mass media in general. These ideas have really stuck with me and I happy for it. "

" A very good (and scary) examination of how we select congenial 'truth' and screen out 'inconvenient' truth "

" This book was excellent! His philosophy portions were mediocre but the case studies and stories were just so unbelievable. People are just pathetically nuts...and we don't even know it! "

" interesting read. if you were not cynical before, you certainly will be after this book. causes me to question everything i'm getting on TV, radio, etc "

" Really interesting look at how the advance of technology has distorted over view of what is true. Filled with interesting case studies and organized to illustrate both how our own bias and how organizational bias affect how we process information. "

" Manjoo has written a well researched little guide on how our perspectives and biases shape the way we understand news and, increasingly, the news we seek out. But I finished the book only mildly satisfied by his theories. "

" Meditation on the problems of finding truth and evaluating expertise in the Internet age, when so many people have a vested interest in spreading propaganda, disinformation and nonsense. "

" Depressing, in that those people who most need to read the book -- conspiracy theorists, political ideologues, and the people who love them -- are the least likely to do so. "

" Been a while since I read this one but I reference it fairly often esp. during political debate or conversations about mass media in general. These ideas have really stuck with me and I happy for it. "

" A lot about why-as nations and as persons-we hear what we want to hear and believe it's The Truth. The promise subtitle never quite pays off. "

" explains how the swift boat campaign against Kerry worked, fox news. "

" A disturbing analysis of not only the biases that affect how we select information sources but of how we interpret information and news and of the way lies and distortions propagate in an ever more technological information world. This is about truthiness. "

" Intriguing thesis, supported by interesting case studies.Listened to the audiobook and missed hearing Manjoo's words in his own voice. "

" Very interesting discussion of how we consume news "facts" from the sources we hand pick. And it gave me something to consider about how scientific data is presented to support an agenda. "