"post-truth&quo t; international word of the year

Ana, I am perfectly serious about the fact that Brexiteers fooled people into thinking that there were more foreigners taking our jobs than there really are.
Hard to tell what you are not serious about, but you are hardly ever serious anyway.

Post-truth is the fault of the liberal left. Digest and discuss. (Had to put that as this thread is in education.)

theconversation.com/the-surprising-origins-of-post-truth-and-how-it-was-spawned-by-the-liberal-left-68929

Is this post-truth politics, or did she just lie to get the job? Does Post-truth mean the same as post-trust?

www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/21/theresa-may-force-firms-appoint-workers-boards-cbi

"In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act."

It seems like a classic example of 'post-truth' to me. She told a lie at conference and now she's telling the truth.

When will the other 'lies' from her Conference speech become the post truth I wonder? Namely...

When it comes to taxes we'll prioritize not the wealthy, but you.
When it comes to opportunity, we won't entrench the advantages of the fortunate few.
We will do everything we can to help anybody, whatever your background, to go as far as your talents will take you."

www.reuters.com/article/us-regulations-mailbox-insight-idUSKBN13U16A

Reuters is asking HMRC about taxes, but we don't. Can't get info through FOI requests.

skwawkbox.org/2016/12/11/while-watson-postures-on-fakenews-mcdonnell-tells-it-like-it-is/

Post truth has been going on since 2010 at least, and lots of people still believe the lie that Labour cannot control the economy, and that the Tories inherited a mess, possibly because their friends control the media.

skwawkbox.org/2013/08/05/international-recognition-of-what-we-always-knew-inherited-mess-myth/

Does posttruth also include "misleading" parliament?
The government, Cameron's, that is, lied about the number of troubled families that had been helped by their scheme. They said 99% of families had been helped, but there was actually negligible effect.

www.theguardian.com/society/2016/dec/20/troubled-families-government-misled-public-99-success-claim-say-mps

"Misleading" us has nobody to blame for the lie.

Fascism nearly won in one dictionary for word of the year. Instead, they chose surrealism.

theconversation.com/the-worlds-words-of-the-year-pass-judgement-on-a-dark-surreal-2016-70715