Friday, September 21, 2007

The Other L Word

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances
are against his being able to deceive other people.

Mark Twain


One of the good things about living in the Internet Age is that it's a lot harder for public figures to get away with rewriting history. Yet still they try ...

In Slate, Jack Shafer examines media fact-checking efforts and asks: "Why can't the press drop the pretenses and call people who lie liars?"

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