Thought #5. Appearances can be deceptive.
The way something looks can sometimes mislead the viewer, making him get the wrong end of the stick . Appearances can be deceptive and often they are. Politicians have always lied, that’s a fact, a thing we can't deny. Maybe that’s the reason why post-truth has recently become the Oxford Word Of The Year 2016 with Mr Trump and Brexit being the leading exponent of the collocation “post-truth politics”. We could define post-truth in layman's terms as 'the art of the lie' although the politeness of the renowned dictionary has defined it as ' relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief'. The problem arises when such a term is the mainstay of political commentary. It seems like the concern about fake news has diminished among the public opinion. It ’ s a perilous time for journalism, at least for the kind of journ...