Word: falsehood
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...ideology. Instead, it employs partisan mouthpieces. CNN might be perceived as liberal but its reporters don’t have a comparable track record of blatant inaccuracy. If Fox wants to correct what it perceives as a liberal bias in the media, fine. But muddying the public discourse with falsehood and provocative rhetoric is a disservice...
...used to be, there was truth and there was falsehood. Now there is spin and there are gaffes. Spin is often thought to be synonymous with falsehood or lying, but more accurately it is indifference to the truth. A politician engaged in spin is saying what he or she wishes were true, and sometimes, by coincidence, it is. Meanwhile, a gaffe, it has been said, is when a politician tells the truth--or more precisely, when he or she accidentally reveals something truthful about what is going on in his or her head. A gaffe is what happens when...
...used to be, there was truth and there was falsehood. Now, there is spin and there are gaffes. Spin is often thought to be synonymous with falsehood or lying, but more accurately it is indifference to the truth. A politician engaged in spin is saying what he or she wishes were true, and sometimes, by coincidence, it is. Meanwhile a gaffe, it's been said, is when a politician tells the truth - or, more precisely, when he or she accidentally reveals something truthful about what is going on in his or her head. A gaffe is what happens when...
...falsehood perpetuated not just by the likes of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, who came late to the slogan after their actual beefs--Saddam with his neighbors; bin Laden with the Saudi royals--gained insufficient traction in the Arab world. The mantra is also repeated like an axiom in the U.S.--in parts of the State Department, in various think tanks, by editorial writers and Sunday talk-show hosts...
...still being taught that going to Yale is a good thing. Decades of empirical data have revealed this idea for what it is: a damaging, destructive lie. As the enlightened, it is our sacred duty to debunk this myth wherever it occurs. Do not ignore those who spew this falsehood, but confront them with the truth—not their version of the truth warped by false lux but true veritas. A child’s future is at stake. Education is the best vaccination...