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Flat White

The era of Truthophobia

5 December 2024

6:23 AM

5 December 2024

6:23 AM

Have you noticed how our language has shifted to ‘untruths’, ‘misinformation’, or the more nefarious accusation of ‘disinformation’? Apparently, misinformation is accidentally not telling the truth while disinformation is telling a lie to deceive others. Either way, these words have pushed the more honest terms of ‘truth’ and ‘lies’ out of language.

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