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Fakes, forgeries and the meaning of meaning in our post-truth era

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A man holding a sign that reads Fake News is CNN stands next to Michael Williams, an anchor of Channel 5 WPTV. Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images

The Financial Times

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It’s only a matter of time before disinformation leads to disaster.

25 January, 2024 by Tim Harford

Not long after Eric Hebborn was murdered, an off-the-record conversation with the famed artist-turned-forger was published. On tape, Hebborn made explosive claims about his time as a student at the Royal Academy of Art in the 1950s, where he had been awarded a prestigious prize. Though

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