Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson

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Author Bio

Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson is an associate professor of philosophy and political science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project.

November 6, 2025

The sad consistency of a lying world order

“I think one of the greatest terms I’ve ever come up with is fake news,” President Donald J. Trump said in his recent 60 Minute interview with CBS News host Laura O’Donnell. Fake news is indeed a…