Bunk : the rise of hoaxes, humbug, plagiarists, phonies, post-facts, and fake news / Kevin Young.

"Award-winning poet and critic Kevin Young traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly American phenomenon--the legacy of P.T. Barnum's 'humbug' culminating with the currency of Donald J. Trump's 'fake news'. Disturbingly, Young finds that fakery is woven from s...

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Main Author:	Young, Kevin, 1970- (Author)
Other title:	Rise of hoaxes, humbug, plagiarists, phonies, post-facts, and fake news.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Truth. Hoaxes > History. Deception > History. Deception. Hoaxes. History.