Beyond Naïve?
More and more we hear “opinionators” wax eloquent about the need to rid modern society of the plague of false / fake news, fantasies, “crackpotism” and conspiracy theorists. Today’s example was broadcast on CBC’s “The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright” found at http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/donald-trump-is-the-logical-outcome-of-america-s-fascination-with-irrationality-1.4311993 Here Kurt Andersen, author, journalist, and interviewee, critiques (with some justification) the …