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Snatches of Uncertain Information

• jruohonen 3y ago
  "Misinformation Nation is the sort of memorable rhyme that might seem better-suited to a Schoolhouse Rock tune than a scholarly monograph, but as Jordan Taylor argues, misinformation was so pervasive at the founding of the United States that it might well deserve an educational song." "The first four chapters of Misinformation Nation are a must-read intervention in the historiography of the American Revolution, a newspaper-driven perspective on paranoia, propaganda, and the emergence of a national identity." "The increase in digitization of newspapers in recent years means that previously impossible projects like this are now doable, but only if the value of the work is recognized. Even without a catchy song or cartoon newspaper, Misinformation Nation should convince readers that “every revolution is an information revolution,” and that historians must think critically about how information travels and who determines what is news."