American - Critic | January 9, 1955 -
Like many people, I became increasingly alarmed during the 2016 campaign and the first year of the Trump administration by the full-on war being waged on the very idea of truth.
Michiko Kakutani
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One of the things I wanted to do in 'The Death of Truth' was explore some of the larger social and political dynamics that fueled the rise of Trump and brought America to the point where a third of the country will casually shrug off hard facts about everything from the size of inaugural crowds to the crime rate among immigrants.
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It's important that communities support local, independent journalism, which many people rely upon for information relevant to their daily lives.
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Trump tapped into a lot of middle-class and working-class disillusion with the political establishment and into economic worries and resentments that ballooned in the wake of the 2008 financial crash.
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I'm not much of a cook. I used to keep books in my gas oven - until someone told me it was a fire hazard.
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I am shy and self-conscious and awkward, so I think that's why I became a writer.
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I was the kid in class who was afraid to get called on.
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I find it hard to write in the first person.
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