After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News

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After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News

2020

1h 35m

Documentary

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Filmmaker Andrew Rossi examines the rising phenomenon of fake news and how it impacts the average citizen in the United States.

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Expansive in scope and methodically researched, After Truth is a chilling thesis on how disinformation corrodes every corner of society.

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Susannah Butter

London Evening Standard

Rossi and Stelter tell a compelling story - one that you wish was fake news. This has devastating human costs and it appears too big to fail.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 4, 2020

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Owen Gleiberman

Variety

An absorbing and impressively researched documentary directed by Andrew Rossi.

Mar 20, 2020

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Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

"After Truth" does a good job of exposing the problem. What we need now, more than ever, is a solution.

Mar 19, 2020

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

One journalist compares sorting through "fake news" to "bathing in garbage," and, indeed, this documentary is a very tough sit, but it also offers tools for viewers to start identifying this poison.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 25, 2020

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

Whether people are politically liberal, conservative or somewhere in between, the main takeaway from After Truth is that ... it's up to news audiences to be more pro-active in finding out the truth instead of believing stories at face value.

Jul 15, 2020

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Lloyd Grove

The Daily Beast

[It] tackles disinformation and fake news, and is especially timely in the midst of the novel coronavirus.

Mar 20, 2020

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Xtine M

Fake news about fake news.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/30/24

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Jim P

Although this information is incredibly and increasingly troubling- it needs to be discussed and squashed. The worst offenders should be jailed and silenced.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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andrew k

There are people who think that playing around with conspiracy theories is fun. Playing with reality. Pretending there's a plot in every dark corner. Even if they don't actually believe it, they don't realize that they help hold the door open for much darker and more dangerous things. And that they contribute to the collective intellectual erosion of our country. This shows a few of the ways that false information can be used as a deadly weapon.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

It's a well crafted piece that juxtaposes the fact that fake news exists, while sublimley elevating the Trump-Russia collussion narrative as fact, when we all know it was rubbish.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

Total propaganda. The "journalist" who starred in this rhetoric work for the biggest perpetrators of fake news. Save your time and educate yourself. Fake news is on mainstream media all the time.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

It's basically lamestream narratives just saying things aren't true & we're just supposed to take them at their word.....after years of gaslighting us

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Andrew Rossi examines the rising phenomenon of fake news and how it impacts the average citizen in the United States.

Director: Andrew Rossi
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 20, 2020
Runtime: 1h 35m

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