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Solving Civic Problems in a Post-Fact Society
Dave Steele | Thu, Apr 24th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Milwaukee | Tags: dave steele, environment, milwaukee, infrastructure, taxpayers, pollution, sewerage, talk radio | 8
In an age when facts don’t matter, how do cities build the consensus to make big plans? In a public sphere heavily influenced by talk radio and other media outlets, such as local blogs, where there is no clear line between fact and opinion, where outright falsehoods are presented as legitimate opinions, the billons of dollars in investment in Milwaukee’s Deep Tunnel are now deemed a massive waste.
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