Post Truth

The Oxford Dictionary announced a couple weeks ago that "post-truth" is its 2016 word of the year.  According to the dictionary's website, the word is "an adjective defined as 'relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.' "

Reality is now circumvented

No need to have facts documented

If you can conceive it

And people believe it

That is now truth - reinvented.

According to one well placed campaign manager, truth is not important what counts is that people believe it.

Oh what a web people weave

When people lie and deceive

Now all the proof

That is needed for truth

Is if other people believe.