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Author Grant, John, 1949- author.

Title Debunk it, fake news edition : how to stay sane in a world of misinformation / John Grant.

Publication Info. Minneapolis, MN : Zest Books, 2019.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PHS Non-Fiction  CB 121.23 Grant    ---  Available
Description 296 pages ; 19 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Facing up to misinformation. This stuff is everywhere ; The damage that it does ; On weasel words ; Building your own bullshitometer -- Stalking the wild baloney. Noble monkeys: where we all came from ; The wonderful power of woo ; Bugs and bodies: mysteries of medicine ; Implacable foes of reason: the antivaxers ; No hoax: the truth about climate change ; That isn't exactly how it went: faking history ; Coprolite claims: faking archaeology ; All the news that's fit to take.
Audience 1240L Lexile
Local Note 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11
Subject Truthfulness and falsehood.
Truth.
Common fallacies.
Other Form: Online version: Grant, John, 1949- author. Debunk it, fake news edition Minneapolis, MN : Zest Books, 2019 9781541578579 (DLC) 2019005741
ISBN 9781942186595 (pb : alkaline paper)
1942186592 (pb : alkaline paper)

 
    
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