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Beyond the Big Lie

The Epidemic of Political Liars, Why Republicans Do It More, and How It Could Burn Down Our Democracy

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Beyond the Big Lie

By: Bill Adair
Narrated by: Jacques Roy
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Bill Adair, Pulitzer Prize winner, journalism professor, and founder of Politifact, presents an eye-opening and engaging history of political liars and a vision for how to make them stop.

Bill Adair knows a lie when he hears one. Since 2008, the site he founded, PolitiFact, has been the go-to spot for media members and political observers alike to seek the truth in an increasingly deceitful world. Since the site’s launching, politics’ tenuous relationship with the truth has only gotten weaker—and weirder.

In this groundbreaking book, Adair reveals how politicians lie and why. Relying on dozens of candid interviews with politicians, political operatives, and experts in misinformation, Adair reveals the patterns of lying, why Republicans do it more, and the consequences for our democracy. He goes behind the scenes to describe several episodes that reveal the motivations and tactics of the nation’s political liars, show the impact they have on people’s lives, and demonstrate how the problem began before Donald Trump and will continue after he’s gone. Adair examines how Republicans have tried to change the landscape to allow their lying by intimidating the news media, people in academia and government, and tech companies.

An award-winning journalist and pioneer in political fact-checking, Adair is uniquely able to tell this story. With humor and insight, this remarkable book unpacks the sad state of our politics, but also, provides solutions to put an end to American political deceit once and for all.

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"Beyond the Big Lie" by Bill Adair comments on the challenges that truth-tellers face in today's polarized media landscape, where political lying has become more strategic and widespread, and unscrupulous news media and politicians destroy the lives of honest people for political and financial gain. The numbers show that Democrats lie, but Republicans lie more—a lot more. It is an essential read for those concerned about the integrity of information and the future of democratic systems​. This book also focuses on how fact-checking can help curb this misinformation, though Adair indicates that the problem will not yield to an easy solution.
The audio by Jacques Roy was well done

Beyond the Big Lie

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Author uses good story telling to outline his points. Easy to listen to, the book draws you through its chapters. Highly recommended!

Good use of story telling.

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The book exposes past instances of political lying that impacted our country, discusses political motivations and what can be done to protect the political discourse from the effects of the lies we are told

Political lies and Liars

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Probably would have been a good story but the reader was extremely boring. Monotone. Have heard many other books with good to excellent readers.

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I am listening. I want to hear both sides of the story. “Based on research…” Republicans are evil liars… and Democrats are? We are left thinking there is only one side to this story. If you are looking for the truth about “misinformation,” you may have just found it. Everyone is hurt by lying.

Critical thinking?

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