Does truth exist? | Paul Mason, Ella McPherson, Hilary Lawson

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Paul Mason, Ella McPherson, and Hilary Lawson question whether it is possible to report the truth.

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Paul Mason is a British commentator and author. He was previously Economics Editor at Channel 4 News and and BBC Two's Newsnight.

Dr Ella McPherson is Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of New Media and Digital Technology as well as the Anthony L. Lyster Fellow in Sociology at Queens’ College, Cambridge.

Hilary Lawson is a post-realist philosopher and founder of the Institute of Art and Ideas.

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