Democracy and Truth"Fake news," wild conspiracy theories, misleading claims, doctored photos, lies peddled as facts, facts dismissed as liescitizens of democracies increasingly inhabit a public sphere teeming with competing claims and counterclaims, with no institution or person possessing the authority to settle basic disputes in a definitive way. The problem may be novel in some of its detailsincluding the role of today's political leaders, along with broadcast and