In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries declared post-truth as word of the year. The word post-truth dominated debates during the recent American President elections. It’s been bandied about in debates and in essays, but, what exactly does post-truth mean? Is it destructive and damaging? Is there a solution? In this episode of Let’s Talk About, Madhu Trehan, Editor in Chief of Newslaundry, speaks to several Indian and international journalists, authors and academicians who were at this year’s Jaipur Literature Festival. Together, they get to the bottom of the phenomenon known as post-truth.
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