Truth Lies Here By Michael Hirschorn - 887 Words

Everything is a lie. Every spoken word is false, every written text is fallacious, and every form of media is erroneous. The speed and ease of information sharing has allowed people to submit anything they want into the mass jumble of online data called the Web. In his article, â€Å"Truth Lies Here,† Michael Hirschorn argues that the Web has become a place of fabricated facts and because of the massive amount of false information on the internet, nobody believes anything. â€Å"[D]isturbances in politics and media feel like symptoms of a larger epistemological, even civilizational, rot† (Hirschorn 64). Though this article may support Hirschorn’s argument, it is not strong, to say the least. This article lacks originality nor is it informative, it does little in addressing the opposition, and it contains numerous logical fallacies. All in all, this article is not persuasive. Michael Hirschorn’s article, â€Å"Truth Lies Here,† depicts how the Web, with its many falsified facts, negatively affects those who read it and forces people to distrust all facts. Hirschorn largely focuses on how political figures use the Web to publish false facts to either improve their standings or to disparage their opponents. Though it may be enlightening and attention-grabbing, his article lacks original ideas, does not deal with the opposition, and it employs questionable logic. Hirschorn’s article may be fascinating to some however, the fact that the Web contains false information is unquestionable and