Reality. It used to seem so simple—reality just was, like the weather. Why
question it, let alone disagree about it? And then came the assault, an unending
stream of "fake news," "alternative facts," and lies disguised as truths that is
overwhelming our notions of reality. Now we can't even agree on what a fact is,
let alone what is real. How on earth did we get here?
Every week, the award-winning journalist Brooke Gladstone, along with her
co-host Bob Garfield, reaches 1.2 million listeners through more than 420 NPR
affiliate stations with WNYC Studios' On the Media, a shrewd and witty
newsmagazine that analyzes media and how