In this artfully written account, Andie Tucher offers a sweeping history of misinformation and the American press. Most strikingly, Not Exactly Lying reveals that the present panic surrounding so-called "fake news" has missed the point: It's the modern profusion of "fake journalism"–the appropriation of journalistic standards to serve up puffery, propaganda, and hyperpartisan fare–that is more concerning for the future of media and public life.–Seth C. Lewis, Shirley Papé Chair in Emerging Media at the University of Oregon