2019-10-21_Time

The global war on TruTh The excerpt of

former TIME editor Richard Stengel’s new

book Information Wars, in the Oct. 7 issue,

got readers thinking about solutions to the

disinformation crisis. Lee R. Talley of Tinley

Park, Ill., suggested

turning to “retro”

print news sources

while assuming “any-

thing you read on the

Internet is false.” Ted

Risser of Grants Pass,

Ore., said Stengel’s

list of actions to mini-

mize disinformation

could have an addi-

tional point: “Elect a

President that tells the

truth.” Still, Hendrik

Weiler of Port Perry,

Canada, argued governments can’t be trusted

to provide objective information.

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WHAT YOU

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her case Molly Ball’s Oct. 14 profile of

U.S. Senator Kamala Harris left readers di-

vided on how far the California Democrat

will go in the 2020 presidential race. Fred

Wirtz of West Bend, Iowa, said the story

convinced him Har-

ris makes decisions

based on hard data,

a trait that would

make her a “very

good President.” Yet

some Twitter users

doubted her na-

tional appeal, with

@Cramirez

describing Califor-

nia politics as “a world away from the rest of

the U.S.” and @dayalra tweeting that Harris’

15 minutes of fame had passed: “She began

with so much promise, then seemed to enter

a long slide.” But while acknowledging that

Harris “may not be today’s front runner,”

@KimberlyEmerson argued the Senator de-

served to be on the cover of TIME because

she’s “worth learning more about.”

‘you look

Presidential!

This is your

time (no pun

intended)!’

@PEACHESBEACHES5,

on Twitter

‘Richard

Stengel’s

article is

informative

and shows

a scary

future for

our country.’

BILL HOWARD,

Liberty Lake, Wash.

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