In a newspaper recently I read an editorial about "the L word," the L word being, in this instance, "Liar."
Apparently it's rude in politics to call someone a liar. I was actually not aware of this. I thought you were supposed to call liars by their name. Isn't to do otherwise a lie? I understand the concept of "spin" and being selective about which facts you offer an uninformed sucker, and even the term "intentionally misleading." But what about lies? Do they exist anymore in politics?
I had thought the internet would solve all this. How can anyone lie when the truth is just a Google search away? But I was very, very wrong. The "fact checkers" on both sides tend to explain how one side's lie is a misunderstanding, or a misstatement,...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/5/3606496/offline-the-election-paul-miller
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