How To Tell Facts From Fiction At The End Of The Trump Era

“If we do not have the capacity to distinguish what’s true from what’s false,” Barak Obama told the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, “then by definition the marketplace of ideas doesn’t work. And by definition our democracy doesn’t work.”

Forget our politics for a moment. If you watched “The Crown” have you formed an opinion about Margret Thatcher, Prince Charles or the Queen? Is it fiction or non-fiction? Did you notice that Netflix refused the government’s request to add a fiction disclaimer?

What is the “epistemological crisis” Obama refers to? Is the remark more elitist fussing or does it matter?

Check out our focus article by Matt Bai and reflect on your own epistemology. How do you know what you know? Why do others see things differently?

We’ll have some fun with this one. Hope you can join us.