[Ads-l] truth decay

[Stephen Goranson]

In NY Times, Ben Smith, "New Words to Label the Truth," wrote:
"What had been a niche preoccupation has now been adopted by people who have spent somewhat less time on 4chan than Ms. Donovan. The broadcaster Katie Couric recently led the Aspen Institute's Commission on Information Disorder. I moderated a panel at Bloomberg's New Economy Forum with a different, somewhat dental, label for the same set of issues, "truth decay." (The RAND Corporation seems to have coined that one, though T Bone Burnett did release an album by that name in 1980.)"

But in 1974:

Fluoridation and truth decay,

Gladys Caldwell;  Philip E Zanfagna

1974
English Book301 pages illustrations 22 cm
[Reseda, Calif.] Top-Ecol Press

Stephen Goranson
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Stephen Goranson's Home Page<https://people.duke.edu/~goranson/>
Stephen Goranson. goranson "at" duke "dot" edu. Jannaeus.pdf. My paper on the history of Alexander Jannaeus as the Qumran- and Essene-view "Wicked Priest" and Judah the Essene as the "Teacher of Righteousness" (3 August 2005 [revised 12 January 2006]; 34 pages), "Jannaeus, His Brother Absalom, and Judah the Essene ". Dura-Europos.pdf "7 vs. 8: The Battle Over the Holy Day at Dura-Europos"
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