According to a 2017 survey by The Washington Post, 47% of Republicans erroneously believe that Trump won the popular vote, 68% believe that millions of illegal immigrants voted in 2016, and more than half of Republicans say they would be okay with postponing the 2020 presidential election until such problems with illegal voting can be fixed. Another study conducted by political scientists at the University of Chicago showed that 25% of Americans believe that the 2008 [financial] crash was secretly orchestrated by a small cabal of bankers, 19% believe that the US government had a hand in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and 11% even believe a theory made up by the researchers –– that compact fluorescent lightbulbs were part of a government plot to make people more passive and easy to control.
The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump (2018)
Use the link to read articles by North American literary and political critic MICHIKO KAKUTANI. Her latest book The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump was published by Tim Duggan Books in July 2018.
https://www.nytimes.com/by/michiko-kakutani
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