{"product_id":"2940169689358","title":"True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy has punditry overtaken news, with so many media outlets pushing partisan agendas instead of information? Comedian Stephen Colbert's catchword \"truthiness\" has captured something essential about our age: that people are more comfortable with ideas that feel true, even if the evidence for those beliefs is thin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith brilliant insights from psychology, sociology, and economics, Manjoo explains how myths pushed by both partisans and marketers - whether about global warming, the war in Iraq, 9\/11, or even the virtues of a certain candy bar - have attracted wide support in recent years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis characters include the Swift Boat veterans, Lou Dobbs, and conspiracy theorists of all varieties - all of whom prove that true matters less, now, than true enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Blackstone Audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098082754800,"sku":"2940169689358","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169689358_p0.jpg?v=1769898192","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169689358","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}