1. Post-Truth

2. (Oxford English Dictionary)
What is post-truth?
“Relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief”
(Oxford English Dictionary)

4. Sean Spicer
Kelly Conway on NBC

5. Where else have we seen post-truth?

6. Lies, Inc.

7. Who is Richard Berman (aka “Dr Evil”)?
What does he do for a living?
How does he fool news media into quoting him?

8. Richard Berman (video – Colbert Report)
Visual Rhetoric
Word Choice

9. What are front organizations? (Preface)
What are they used to do?

10. What are the effects of lies?
What impact do they have on progress (i.e. law, politics, and public life)?

11. Richard Berman (video – Colbert Report)
Visual Rhetoric
Word Choice

12. Groupwork______________________________
After identifying the lie…
Analyze the lie.
Where did it come from?
Who is spreading the lie?
What front organizations are involved?
What fake new stories are there?
What lobbying efforts are there?
Who is profiting from the lie?
What are the effects/results of the lie?