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Many claim we are living in a "post-truth" era, where facts and objective reality are increasingly inconsequential. Fergus McIntosh - chief fact-checker at The New Yorker disagrees.

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Many claim we are living in a "post-truth" era, where facts and objective reality are increasingly inconsequential. Fergus McIntosh - chief fact-checker at The New Yorker disagrees.

3515 episoade

#News and Entertainment #Entertainment #Society #Politics #Australia #News #US Politics #ABC Radio Nationals

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