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The book makes a timely appearance at the intersection of rhetoric, social politics, and academic theorizing. It is encouraging to see a clearheaded account of how different standpoints might be extended or dislodged by rhetorical reframing. Arguing that practices of 'fact-checking' are often superficial responses to deeply embedded assumptions, Cloud uses a variety of cases to pose the challenge of preserving accountability while acknowledging the complex, situated specificity of anyone's beliefs. For those at different points on the political or intellectual spectrum, it offers insights into why heartfelt affirmations so often go out as ships passing in the night. --John Lyne, University of Pittsburgh Reality Bites offers a new way to examine and enter into important public/political debates in a postfact age. Importantly, the book is accessible and works as a handbook for activists, scholars, and citizens who want to be engaged in public debates in a meaningful and effective manner. --Mary Triece, author of Protest and Popular Culture and On the Picket Line

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Dana L. Cloud is Professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University. She is a longtime activist for social justice and the author of We Are the Union: Democratic Unionism and Dissent at Boeing and Control and Consolation in American Politics and Culture: Rhetorics of Therapy.

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