"Why Politicians Get Away with Lying"...From Jan 2012..

[Stuart G]

I found this in some old bookmarks....



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posted by .....EllenG....

Why Politicians Get Away With Lying

Maybe it’s a sign that the public has given up on honesty from presidential candidates. Instead, in a recent flurry prompted by the public editor of The New York Times, the assumption seems to be that politicians will always lie and that voters’ defense against that is fact checking by journalists.

But … why do voters let politicians lie to them? What sort of lies do people accept, and which do they object to?

Todd Rogers of the Harvard Kennedy School and Michael I. Norton of the Harvard School of Business organized this discussion.

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/01/22/why-politicians-get-away-with-lying/?hp

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. I said this in another post of the same link, but will repeat it here

Their "discussion" is nothing more than a discourse on "bothersiderism". Only rethugs lie and get away with it.

[Stuart G]

2. Thank You for your post....I appreiciate your opinion..

...I was urged to post it in General Discussion instead of Lounge...Thanks Again...Stuart G

[Ferrets are Cool]

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