The Standard Group Plc is a multi-media organization with investments in media
platforms spanning newspaper print
operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The
Standard Group is recognized as a
leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key influence in matters of national
and international interest.
The Oxford dictionary defines post-truth as "a phenomenon where beliefs, formed through exposure to media or campaigns' use of cherry-picked data, seem more important than informed expert testimony."
Apropos to the latest political developments, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has become the 'indignant' face of post-truth populism.
He has used political campaigns, as Elena Aromeeva, Mirjam Liebroer and Darren Lilleker writing in the Political Association Studies say, "to exploit, manipulate and reinforce strongly held beliefs, distorting reality to encourage the disavowal of contrasting facts to shape attitudes."
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