that there is a post-truth. we ll talk about that after the break. oh no, that looks gross whoa, twhat is that? try it. you gotta try it, it s terrible. i don t wanna try it if it s terrible. it s like mango chutney and burnt hair. no thank you, i have a very sensitive palate. just try it! guys, i think we should hurry up. if you taste something bad, you want someone else to try it. it s what you do. i can t get the taste out of my mouth! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it s what you do. shhh! dog, dog, dog. not to be focusingo finaon my moderatepe.
that brings us to tonight s word. truthiness. [ laughter ] now, i m sure some of the word police, the wordinistas at websters are going say, hey, that s not a word. well, anyone who knows me knows that i m no fan of dictionaries or reference books, they are elitist, constantly telling us what is or isn t true or what did or didn t happen. love me stephen colbert. i think i ve used the word true thinkness. a year later, merriam webster made it their word of the year. fast forward to now, oxford dictionary has nominated post-truth. as or relating to denoting
send them news, it s them promoting themselves. it s propaganda, essentially. and real news is in the business of finding truth. we are in a state now where we re post-truth. where people don t believe anything that phrase. exactly, we re in the post-truth era. and the other thing, and you alluded to this, katie, is that people are living in their own news bubbles, and silos. so when something comes in that contradicts their world view, they don t bother to pay attention to it, if it reinforces it, they do. which is why fake news, if it reinforces your world view, you ll buy it. i have family members, thanks to a fake news story about why is president obama no longer honoring eagle scouts anymore. it was some fake news that went around, that wasn t true. it had just circulated on the facebook. as it sometimes said to me. i want to change subjects to tim kaine, announced today, not a candidate for president in 2020. here s why i was surprised by that decision, steve. i m not sur
brexiteer, glass cliff, woke. they all semi have a theme. there s a lot of politics there. this is a really heavy list of potential words of the year. sometimes it s light but 2016 wasn t a light-year. it was a year in which we were grappling as a society of english-speaking people with heavy issues so that s reflected in our list. we are noeking at commercial break, we were looking at the emoji it wasn t a word it was a feeling from last year, the smiley face with tears and your point was quickly such a simpler time last year. last year we anoint it had face with tears of joy emoji and that was a fun story at a fun time but this is a different time. flash forward to 2016 and post-truth. katherine connor, thanks for swinging by. my pleasure. now this. we continue along. thank you so much for being with me on cnn, i m brooke baldwin. a couple hours from now
he s the first post modern, post truth candidate. bill clinton is really? is that a thing now? post modern, post true. bill clinton is one of the best sort of traditional political candidates. we ll maybe have a clash now between the best of the old paradigm and trump who represents something completely new. you have to give trump this, he s shaken it all up and brought in new phrases like post-truth for us. even if he didn t coin it, he certainly inspires it. matt, errol, pleasure to have you. thank you. two more people killed in an officer-involved shooting in chicago. we ll speak with the nephew of one of the victims and what changes he wants to see. oh remotes, you ve had it tough.