Writing & Media tagged “Excerpt”
March 4, 2025
Actually, Sometimes Facts Don't Matter
The book is on-sale today, and TIME Magazine has an extended excerpt from Weaponziation of Expertise’s chapter on misinformation:
“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” This saying has become one of the most overused phrases of the Trump era. It has a seductive appeal in a partisan era. It’s reassuring—your opponents must simply be misinformed—and suggests an easy solution—make sure people have the right information, and disagreement magically dissolves.