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How will we power our future? Can we create a healthy and clean economy?

Climate One at the Commonwealth Club is at the forefront of the global debate about energy, economy, and the environment.

Bringing together the brightest and most provocative leaders of our time,

Climate One is the place where big ideas get heard.

With thoughtful and insightful discussions on policy, business, science, and culture,

Climate One founder Greg Dalton gets to the heart of the matter.

It's our future. It's time to come together.

From the Commonwealth Club of California, this is Climate One, changing the conversation

about America's energy, economy, and environment.

I'm Greg Dalton, and on the show today, we will plunge into the information war raging

in our country on social media and in the mainstream news media.

Fake news manufactured in Europe

helped catapult Donald Trump into the White House.

And since his inauguration,

the news media has been struggling

with how to handle statements

from the president and his lie.

Is Donald Trump a climate denier?

What is a lie?

What is factual and what is an alternative fact?

Liberals are focused on facts and decry the post-fact world. Conservatives pay more attention to values and narratives which are more likely to be remembered by the human brain. The reality is facts are important, but they may not be as important as you think they are. Facts often don't change hearts and minds.

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