Somebody Told Me: One Man’s Unexpected Journey Down the Rabbit Hole of Lies, Trolls and Conspiracies: Signed Edition

Hardback Published on: 09/05/2024
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Somebody Told Me
A personal and empathetic look at the world of conspiracy
A funny, insightful and deeply personal look at the world of conspiracy theories, how we fall for them, and how it benefits those who would do us harm. ... READ MORE
Angie at Blackpool

Synopsis

'Have you been keeping your eye on your grandma lately? Have you been calling her enough? You sure she’s not spending too much time on YouTube? Is she talking fondly of dictators? Has she suddenly started quietly muttering in the Aldi queue about the “Jewish Space Lasers” she’s heard are setting wildfires around the world to make sure everyone believes in climate change? When was the moment the world began to believe anything?'

Danny Wallace, million-copy bestselling author of Yes Man and Join Me, has fallen down the modern rabbit hole of lies, conspiracies and disinformation. Along the way, he encounters families torn apart by accusations and fake news, journalists putting themselves on the frontline of the disinformation war, reformed conspiracy theorists, influencers who see profit in stoking paranoia, and the shadowy nameless, faceless trolls on the other side of our screens. He discovers how disinformation and well-told lies can ruin a year or a whole life, how they can affect our family, our street, our community. How they can spread across a country, a continent, even the world. How they take hold of our imaginations and make us feel both helpless and powerful.

And Danny asks: can you do anything to stop it – even with the truth on your side?

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Ebury Publishing
  • ISBN: 2928377252458
  • Number of pages: 352
  • Dimensions: 241 x 163 x 36 mm
  • Weight: 556g
  • Languages: English

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Somebody Told Me
Good overview of a huge subject
I’ve always enjoyed Danny Wallace’s books and this was overall a good read, but the subject is so big and so serious that it’s didn’t quite fit with his (u... READ MORE
Rachel
Somebody Told Me
Somebody told me
This book is a must for anyone who has lost hours of their lives when they just popped onto google to just look up one tiny thing and, several hours later,... READ MORE
Ashrae