Andrew Rossi's new HBO documentary,After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News, isn't always cohesive or coherent, but it tells a story that would still be harrowing and relevant regardless of the moment in which it premiered.
Arriving in the middle of the coronavirus panic and a seemingly never-ending election cycle, the film is bound to make its target audience feel angry and validated.
It also seems likely to be easily ignored by the viewers who could actually learn something from it. I guess that's part of the subtext (or even text) of the documentary, but it remains disheartening nonetheless.
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