THE PROBLEM WITH FACTS


A very interesting article in Financial Times about post-factuality, and about how and why facts and documentation is less important in today’s discourse. The article is based on the tobacco industry, and how that industry and its spin-doctors has been incredible accomplished to plant a seed of doubt for so many years, whether tobacco is dangerous. Even though every study proof and have a clearly documentation and convincing revealed that tobacco was (and still is!) dangerous. Food for thought….

Read the article here.

THE PROBLEM WITH FACTS

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