Lies, incorporated: the world of post-truth politics

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The birth of lies incorporated: tobacco -- Tobacco's sequel: climate change -- Lie panel: health care -- Growth in a time of lies: debt -- On the border of truth: immigration reform -- Two dangerous weapons: guns and lies -- One lie, one vote: voter ID laws -- Shut that whole lie down: abortion -- A lie's last gasp: gay marriage -- Defeating lies incorporated.;In today's post-truth political landscape, there is a carefully concealed but ever-growing industry of organized misinformation that exists to create and disseminate lies in the service of political agendas. Ari Rabin-Havt and Media Matters for America present a revelatory history of this industry;which they've dubbed Lies, Incorporated;and show how it has crippled legislative progress on issues including tobacco regulation, public health care, climate change, gun control, immigration, abortion, and same-sex marriage. Eye-opening and indispensible, Lies, Incorporated takes an unflinching look at the powerful network of politicians and special interest groups that have launched coordinated assaults on the truth to shape American politics. From the Trade Paperback edition.