In her latest book, «Désinformation économique», freelance journalist Myret Zaki analyzes the way in which governments and companies juggle information, with the aim of embellishing or even hiding certain facts. A journey to the frontiers of lies.
Encore en lice il y a quelques semaines pour trois des plus prestigieux prix littéraires français, «La vie clandestine» de Monica Sabolo s’impose comme l’un des romans phares de cette rentrée littéraire. Sur fond d’enquête et d’introspection.
Fake news stuns political players and observers alike. But isn't it true that lies, whose definition is often relative, are part of history? Only knowledge, debate and argumentation can break down its damaging potential.
Book reviewing is a time-consuming activity, but above all it requires a good back. After all, with all those stacks of books to receive, there's always the risk of contractures! However, before the novels arrive in their envelopes, the publishing houses have to respond to requests...
Rarely has a state lie had such dramatic consequences. In 2003, the Bush administration presented false evidence of Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction, before invading the country and getting bogged down in a bloody war.
Among all the forms of lying that populate our daily lives - lies of omission, pious lies, self-interested lies, pathological lies - one singular category seems to hold the rope in these turbulent times: the shameless lie.
According to Kant, a lie undermines the foundations of the state, while a deceptive truth is acceptable. Two centuries later, with President Clinton, the same logic still seems to be at work in the Lewinsky affair.
It may sound like a trite phrase, like «there's no such thing as hot without cold», but remembering that there's no such thing as a lie without the truth has the merit of bringing back to the table a fact that has become too old-fashioned in certain intellectual circles: truth exists.
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