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Distinguish fake news from reliable journalism with this clear and concise handbook by New York Times best-selling author Bruce Bartlett.

Today’s media and political landscapes are littered with untrustworthy sources and the dangerous concept of “fake news.” This accessible guide helps you fight this deeply troubling trend and ensure that truth is not a permanent casualty. Written by Capitol Hill veteran and author Bruce Bartlett, The Truth Matters presents actionable tips and tricks for reading critically, judging sources, using fact-checking sites, avoiding confirmation bias, identifying trustworthy experts, and more.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Speed Press; 1st edition (October 24, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0399581162
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0399581168
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.38 x 0.5 x 6.23 inches
Reviewer: Michael Bindner
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The Truth Matters and Where to Find It
Review: To understand the import of this book, you could call it, in a more Harry Potter title, The Truth Matters (and where to find it). Every journalism, American politics intro and media course, as well as any Poli Sci Doctoral Survey course should include this book on its syllabus. It is useful to any student doing general research. Indeed, it should be taught in High School Civics to inoculate young minds against believing everything they read on the Internet.It is the best citizens’ guide to understanding facts in the media that has probably ever been done in the Internet age. It gives away for almost free what every good analyst knows through education and experience. Hopefully it will be read generally, even by those on the right and left whose biases make this work necessary. Is it perfect? No, but that is because I wanted him to name names, especially when he talks about the existence of fake news, editorial opinions and how to fight fake news, although the reader can likely figure out who he is referring to.His essay on deceptive labeling leaves out the question of neo-liberalism, which the left sees as a bipartisan issue. Even if he disagrees, a few observations one way or the other would be useful. It can even be related to the conspiracy theory observations in the first Fake News Chapter, which can tag Michael Flynn’s son and much of the Green Party. The Polling chapter is interesting, especially the comments on how polls are used to rally the troops. It brings to mind Anthony Downs; Theory of Non-voting, which is wrong precisely because Downs ignores the very real calculus people make about the chance that there are others who think like they do, but not enough so that they can stay home on election day. The former is also a problem for the Greens and why they get no coverage.That lack of coverage is an issue Bartlett does not address much, but you can see it in areas where you know there is uncovered fact, like the women soldiers of Rojava in northern Syria and the 60 Minutes story on big tobacco that was pulled for sponsor pressure. Finally, there is the question of the ultimate in Fake News, propaganda. Mentioning that some networks tend to favor it would make it hard not to name names. The saddest thing of all, of course, is when the beneficiaries of propaganda not only believe it, not knowing it is false, but then they retweet it and try to make it national policy. Sadly, that this happens is not fake news and sadder still, his followers believe him. Hopefully at least some will read the book.

Reviewer: Frederick S. Goethel
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Small, Excellent Resource For Checking Facts
Review: I am of a generation where you went to the library when you wanted to find out news or information for writing a paper. The card catalog was your friend, however, those days are long gone and the computer is now the method of choice for research.How much of what you see as "news" is really true and how can you find the truth. The answer is research, and this small, thin book, gives you the tools for finding the truth through all of the clutter available on the internet. There were resources listed in here that I had no idea existed, and I am pretty good at research on line.This is a book I will keep near my computer for easy access. It is well written, easy to read, and a must for anyone who wants to ferret out the truth in the news!

Reviewer: Benjamin A. Tagle
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The Truth Does Matter
Review: I originally considered awarding this book one star less, as the writer’s politics slant towards the right and I feared that he would heavily promote his political views. For example, he recommends the site RealClearPolitics (a decidedly conservative site) as one of his favorite resources without balancing this by mentioning more liberal sites, but this turns out to be a minor quibble. The author is clear about his politics. It may simply be that as a conservative, this is his informational site of choice so he would be dishonest in referring other sites which he does not use. In truth, the matter does not detract from the value of the rest of the book so long as one is aware of his political stance and his background in economics, both of which color his choice of sources. The reason for the 4 stars turns out to be the briefness of the book. While this makes for easy readability, I felt that some topics could have benefitted from a deeper treatment.The book itself is well-organized into short chapters with a “key points” page that describes the contents of each. Thus, one can quickly read on a topic of particular interest without slogging through extraneous material. As a former government official, he can draw upon personal examples to help illustrate his points throughout the book. A good number of these anecdotes are illuminating and instructive.I found the following sections particularly useful:pp 21-28 links, and how to use thempp 45-52 academic sources vs. think tankspp 53-57 libraries, and how to use thempp 69-76 deceptive labelingpp 87-93 Wikipedia pros and conspp 95-102 fake newsWhile I may not agree with all of the author’s politics, I came out feeling as if we could have some sort of dialogue on most (if not all) topics and either come to an agreement or at least to a cordial disagreement. This sort of conversation is sorely lacking in today’s politics. I think that this book is a good start in reminding people that truth is independent of political belief and that there are tools available with which to find it. We are not always right in what we believe. We should all strive to find ways to correct this and to better understand each other’s positions.

Reviewer: José Marcio Godoy Da Silva
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Direto ao ponto.Boas referências.Texto claro e sem rodeios.Uma orientação clara de quem já esteve no olho do furacão.

Reviewer: dr george pollard
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: An interesting small book with a large amount of information. dgp

Reviewer: Sharon Broski
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Good resource book with websites at the back that have reliable and accurate news.