The Truth Illusion: How America's Addiction to Lies Is Eating the Nation Alive - Paperback

by Peter Charley (Author)

This book examines how programs of deliberate government and corporate disinformation, and deception have led to an alarming state of confusion within society about what is true and what is not. Focused on America, the book posits that it is now essential for political and corporate interests to feed that confusion in order to survive. Written by award-winning journalist Peter Charley, whose previous book topped the Amazon bestseller lists in 2020, this book is essential reading in the era of alternative facts and at a time when media manipulation has reached unprecedented levels.

Author Biography

Peter Charley is an Australian-born journalist, documentary filmmaker and author. He has worked as a feature writer and foreign correspondent, reporting from Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. As a producer, Peter has occupied senior executive roles in public and commercial television in Australia and the United States and was most recently Manager of the Investigative Unit for the Doha-based Al Jazeera network. Peter has received multiple awards for his reporting and producing, including a Kennedy Award, two Walkley Awards, a Human Rights Press Award, A Headliner Award, two AIB Awards, a Foreign Press Association Award, two Gold Signal Awards, a Telly Award, and seven Gold World Medals at the New York Film Festival.