News and How to Use It

A society that isn't sure what's true can't function, but increasingly we no longer seem to know who or what to believe. We're barraged by a torrent of lies, half-truths and propaganda: how do we even identify good journalism any more?At a moment of existential crisis for the news industry, in our age of information chaos, News and How to Use It shows us how. From Bias to Snopes, from Clickbait to TL;DR, and from Fact-Checkers to the Lamestream Media, here is a definitive user's guide for how to stay informed, tell truth from fiction and hold those in power accountable in the modern age.

Alan Rusbridger was hoofdredacteur van The Guardian van 1995 tot mei 2015. Daarvoor was hij verslaggever, columnist, themaredacteur en adjunct-hoofdredacteur van datzelfde dagblad. Hij werkte eerder voor The Observer en als de verslaggever in Washington voor de London Daily News.