We live in an age when the thirty-second televisi。nspot is the most powerful force shaping the USelectorate’s thinking,and America is currently in thChands of an administration less interested than anyprevious government in sharing the truth with thecitizenry Related to this,and of even greater concern,is the administration’S lack of interest in thC processby which the truth is ascertained—including openinquiry,in which unexpected and even inconvenientfacts can 1ead to unexpected conclusions.
How did the US get here?And how much damage hasbeen done to the functioning of American democracy and its roles as steward of its own national securityand guardian of the wider world?