We can think of distortions of reality as falling along a continuum, ranging from mild to severe, based on how rigidly the belief is held and how impervious it is to factual information.

First, while laclau’s view of ideological distortion as a distortion of a lack is well taken, the paper affirms that in order to sustain itself this distortion becomes a paradoxical two, or.

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(1) claims and constructions of the epistemic status of objective information and factual knowledge;

This paper distinguishes three discourses around the status of (un)truthfulness:

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The debate around “fake news” has raised the question of whether liberals and conservatives differ, first, in their ability to discern true from false information, and second, in their tendency to give more credit to information that is ideologically congruent.

The presstitutes distortion of reality twisting truth to fit their agenda.

Three central points of contention are developed.

(2) the perception of unintended communicative untruthfulness, or misinformation;

And (3) the emphasis on dishonest, deliberately deceptive or manipulative communica.

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