The Lie Detectives: An Evening with Sasha Issenberg

As political campaigns around the world are ready for the busiest election year in human history, and few issues are as urgent for candidates and parties as how to handle the barrage of online disinformation. Veteran political reporter Sasha Issenberg visits the Dole Institute for a conversation on his new book, The Lie Detectives: In Search for a Playbook for Winning Elections in the Disinformation Age, which explores how the new online landscape has forced those who run campaigns to rethink everything they thought they knew about how to reach and move voters.

This program is presented in partnership with the Lawrence Public Library and the KU Honors Program.

Sasha Issenberg is a journalist and the author of four previous books, including The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns and, most recently, The Engagement: America’s Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage. He is a correspondent for Monocle, and has written for New York, the New York Times Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Politico Magazine. He teaches in the UCLA Department of Political Science.

The Lie Detectives: In Search of a Playbook for Winning Elections in the Disinformation Age is the story of the hitherto unknown political operatives who have been leading the political class as it grapples the problem of how to handle online disinformation—or use it to their own advantage—in a vexing challenge that unites campaigners worldwide.

The author will be available after the program for a book signing. You can purchase your copy ahead of time online, as limited copies will be available for sale at the program.