Pofma, free speech and the collapse of truth in Anglo-American politics

Ashton Ng For The Straits Times
Published
Jan 4, 2020, 5:00 am SGT

Inoculating citizens to recognise falsehoods is important to prevent the kind of collapse of truth seen in US, UK politics

In 2016, the world watched with astonishment as Mr Donald Trump accused US presidential election rival Hillary Clinton of operating a child sex ring in a pizza shop.

He also said that then President Barack Obama was not born in the United States, before claiming that it was Mrs Clinton who started this conspiracy theory.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on January 04, 2020, with the headline 'Pofma, free speech and the collapse of truth in Anglo-American politics'. Print Edition | Subscribe
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