It seems quite ironic that the tagline of Project Syndicate is “fake news or real views?” as it appears the latest scribblings from France’s New Philosophers’ Movement founder Bernard-Henri Levy have blurred the lines between propaganda, fake news, alternative facts, pure lies, and defamation.
Having slammed the so-called anti-intellectualism movement…
The anti-intellectualism movement has swept the United States and Europe in the last 12 months, but it has been a long time coming. Trump is not the author of it, but rather the product, notes Lvy. While intellectuals relish debate, the hashing-out and exchange of ideas is what the anti-intellectual movement fears most. ‘Debate now, truth tomorrow,’ says Lvy. It’s funny then that social media is the hotbed of modern debate, but it’s also a cradle of life for anti-intellectualist sentiment.
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Jan 28, 2017.
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