Not buying it - Charlotte Henry

We are living in the 'post-truth' era - a time of alternative facts, fake news, social media echo chambers, dodgy statistics and outright lies. Caught in the middle of a tsunami of information, we are arguably more politically engaged than ever; but when politicians and the media tell us the truth, we're just not buying it.

How did it come to this? And what responsibility do citizens have to check sources, to educate ourselves, and to pay for news? How do we stay reliably informed in a world where truth is supposedly a thing of the past?

InNot Buying It, Charlotte Henry looks at the facts behind fake news, talking to some of the major players and key thinkers in politics and media to provide context, explanation, and, crucially, solutions.

It's time to take the truth back.

Charlotte A. Henry is a journalist covering the collision of tech, media, and politics. She has worked freelance and on the staff for a variety of major publications and regularly appears on key broadcast outlets. Charlotte studied Music Technology and Politics at Lancaster University. She was born in London where she still lives. Charlotte balances her writing with her addictions to crime novels and heavy metal music and is a long-suffering fan of Tottenham Hotspur. Not Buying It is her first book.