Truth Wars: How we will survive fake news, corporate disinformation, post-truth politicians, and the war on science

The Truth Wars project is live on Substack. From "post-truth" 2016, things are worse, not better. What can we do?

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Study finds rival news sources may escalate misinformation to attract audiences When news sources aligned to a particular business or political ideology choose to share misinformation, it can trigger an "arms race" where their rivals start sharing their own misinformation to compete, according to an international research study.

Misinfo sparks a shadowy rivalry! ⚔️ When biased sources lie, rivals retaliate in kind, fueling a dangerous escalation. 🤔 #TruthWars 🤯

Source: phys.org/news/2025-06-rival-news-...

Starting my 9th book: Truth Wars.

Truth isn’t just under attack — it’s being carpet-bombed.

State propaganda. Corporate spin. Goebbels-level narrative control 2.0.

Started it in 2016. Shelved it.
Now? It’s time to finish the damn thing.

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