Truth Facts

Truth Facts
Author: Mikael Wulff
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-11-08
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0062486438

Welcome to Truth Facts, a collection of information graphics that poke fun at societal quirks and everyday absurdities through charts and graphs. Danish writer Mikael Wulff and cartoon artist Anders Morgenthaler have taken the internet by storm with their humorous and perceptive infographics that turn commonplace phenomena into clever commentary. In distilling keen observations about universal experiences into elegant charts and graphs, Truth Facts gets to the heart of the paradoxical and wonderful world we all share, and puts modern reality into perspective in a funny and visceral way. These simple, colorful graphics explore societal quirks and everyday oddities, such as what happens when you call customer service (anything but service), when banks are open (only when you’re at work), the biggest lies on the internet (“LOL”), and much more. Playfully teasing readers even as it explores themes like perception vs. reality, this compendium of life’s truthiest facts prods us to laugh at ourselves, own up to our shortfalls, accept the strangeness of the world we live in, and continue on—happier and more connected to one another than ever before.

The Truth about Facts

The Truth about Facts
Author: Bart Vautour
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781988784373

An A-to-Z compendium that finds the wonder in information overload. The Truth About Facts makes intimate the seeming noise of information and facts by using the tradition of the alphabet book to get back to basics: to make room for wonder, devotion, and a reinvigorated role for poetry in both quick and methodological thought. Vautour leads his readers on an info-drenched, abecedarian jaunt that is both tongue-in-cheek and unquestionably earnest. Ranging from topics as assorted as Brazil Nuts and Juggling to meditations on Rememoration and the Zodiac, The Truth About Facts moves between the surety of aphorism and the anxieties of critique. "The Truth about Facts subtly and satisfyingly illuminates already existing connections in the seemingly far-flung."--Canadian Literature "If, like me, you find yourself randomly clicking through Wikipedia articles late into the night, you will love this delightful ramble through the facts."--Sachiko Murakami

What the Fact?

What the Fact?
Author: Seema Yasmin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2022-09-20
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 1665900059

From acclaimed writer, journalist, and physician Dr. Seema Yasmin comes a “savvy, accessible, and critical” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) book about the importance of media literacy, fact-based reporting, and the ability to discern truth from lies. What is a fact? What are reliable sources? What is news? What is fake news? How can anyone make sense of it anymore? Well, we have to. As conspiracy theories and online hoaxes increasingly become a part of our national discourse and “truth” itself is being questioned, it has never been more vital to build the discernment necessary to tell fact from fiction, and media literacy has never been more important. In this accessible guide, Dr. Seema Yasmin, an award-winning journalist, scientist, medical professional, and professor, traces the spread of misinformation and disinformation through our fast-moving media landscape and teaches young readers the skills that will help them identify and counter poorly-sourced clickbait and misleading headlines.

The Book of the Truth Behind the Story

The Book of the Truth Behind the Story
Author: Publications International Ltd
Publisher: Book of
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-04
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781680227550

"Filled with practical and particular information on questionable rumors, mysterious happenings, and events. Including political figures and their histories, local destinations and the events that made them what they are, the origins of ostensible hauntings and unbelievable myths, and fast facts on some of today's most popular technologies."--Amazon.com

Truth and the Absence of Fact

Truth and the Absence of Fact
Author: Hartry Field
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2001-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199241716

Hartry Field presents a selection of thirteen essays on a set of related topics at the foundations of philosophy; one essay is previously unpublished, and eight are accompanied by substantial new postscripts.Five of the essays are primarily about truth, meaning, and propositional attitudes, five are primarily about semantic indeterminacy and other kinds of 'factual defectiveness' in our discourse, and three are primarily about issues concerning objectivity, especially in mathematics and in epistemology. The essays on truth, meaning, and the attitudes show a development from a form of correspondence theory of truth and meaning to a more deflationist perspective.The next set of papers argue that a place must be made in semantics for the idea that there are questions about which there is no fact of the matter, and address the difficulties involved in making sense of this, both within a correspondence theory of truth and meaning, and within a deflationary theory. Two papers argue that there are questions in mathematics about which there is no fact of the mattter, and draw out implications of this for the nature of mathematics. And the final paper arguesfor a view of epistemology in which it is not a purely fact-stating enterprise.This influential work by a key figure in contemporary philosophy will reward the attention of any philosopher interested in language, epistemology, or mathematics.

The Truth Matters

The Truth Matters
Author: Bruce Bartlett
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2017-10-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0399581170

Distinguish fake news from reliable journalism with this clear and concise handbook by New York Times best-selling author Bruce Bartlett. Today’s media and political landscapes are littered with untrustworthy sources and the dangerous concept of “fake news.” This accessible guide helps you fight this deeply troubling trend and ensure that truth is not a permanent casualty. Written by Capitol Hill veteran and author Bruce Bartlett, The Truth Matters presents actionable tips and tricks for reading critically, judging sources, using fact-checking sites, avoiding confirmation bias, identifying trustworthy experts, and more.

Merchants of Truth

Merchants of Truth
Author: Jill Abramson
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2019-02-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1473523974

The gripping and definitive in-the-room account of the revolution that has swept the news industry over the last decade and reshaped our world. The last decade has seen the News industry face unprecedented change. The sometimes-century old institutions which were once the bastions of truth have had their dominance eroded by vast innovations in viral technology and, as millennial appetites force the industry to choose between principles of objectivity and impartiality, the survivors must confront the horrifying cost of their success: sexual scandal, fake news, the election of President Trump and the shaking of democracy. Taking us behind the scenes at four media titans - BuzzFeed, VICE, The New York Times and The Washington Post - Abramson reveals the human drama behind this shift: one involving deal-making tycoons, thrusting reporters, hard-bitten editors, egomaniacs, bullshitters, provocateurs and bullies, with some surfing and others drowning in the breaking wave of change. 'A cracking, essential read... Abramson knows where most of the bodies are buried and is prepared to draw the reader a detailed map' Guardian

The Book of Hard Truths

The Book of Hard Truths
Author: Eran Dror
Publisher: Eran Dror
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2014-03-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9780991297115

Uncertainty. Vulnerability. Death. Hard Truths have a secret power over us: We'd rather ignore them. Like a virus in our mental software, they operate on the seams that bind the rational and the emotional, and that's where they trap us. By running away we become their slaves. Only by accepting them can we become free. This book is an attempt to help you confront these realities of life. It catalogues some of the most universally known but universally resisted Hard Truths in a fun and non-threatening format. Like a pre-flight checklist, it will help you review these truths whenever you need to. Accepting them fully? That's entirely up to you.