After The Fact explores how the convergence of technology, politics, and media has ushered in the misinformation age, sidelining the truth and threatening our core principle of community. Journalist Nathan Bomey argues that Donald Trump did not usher the post-truth era into being–he was its inevitable outcome. Bomey points to recent trends that have created the perfect seedbed for spin, distortion, deception, and baldfaced lies: shifting news habits, the rise of social media, the spread of entrenched ideologies, and the failure of schools to teach basic critical-thinking skills. The evidence supporting the author’s argument is all around us: On Facebook, we present curated images of our lives that seek to create positive but often misleading impressions. We consume fake news and carelessly circulate false rumors. This book examines the broad implications of our post-truth culture.