Matthew d'Ancona

“it is a common error to confuse data with truth: the former informs the latter, but they are not the same thing”

— Matthew d'Ancona

“The point is simply to keep the argument going, to ensure that it never reaches a conclusion (which leads to confusion, fatigue…

— Matthew d'Ancona

“What mattered was not veracity, but impact....the triumph of the visceral over the rational, the deceptively simple over the honestly complex.”

— Matthew d'Ancona

“To defeat your adversary and bury him is one thing. To dress him in a jester's costume and have him perform for…

— Matthew d'Ancona

“the modern political warrior seeks to weaponise fake news so that it becomes.....a suicide bomb at the heart of our information system”

— Matthew d'Ancona

“When the things you can buy online matter more to you than the things you can do in your neighbourhood; when you…

— Matthew d'Ancona

“All that matters is stories feel true, they resonate....the point is not to determine the truth by a process of rational evaluation,…

— Matthew d'Ancona