In the March/April issue of Rand Review, a magazine
published by the RAND Corporation, there is a brief review of a new book
titled “Truth Decay.” Written by
political scientist Jennifer Kavanagh and RAND president and CEO, Michael Rich,
the book explores the changing roles of facts and analysis in American life
today. This disintegration of truth has historical as well as psychological
implications. For educators today, being able to present facts in a cogent and understandable
manner in the classroom presents a modern dilemma. Facts are supposed to be incontrovertible.
Yet, when looking at both print and on-air media, reports of the facts can change
form one station or newspaper to another. The lines between fact and opinion
have become hopelessly blurred.
This important work is must reading and can the purchased
from the RAND Corporation. It can also be downloaded as an eBook from their web
site
(www.rand.org)
c.2018 J.Margolis
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