Remember the "Swift Boaters"?

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6. How many times can the Republicans get away with with tactic?

The public clearly knows no better and few people have the time or inclination to go suss out the facts on their own. The Fourth Estate is grossly derelict here.

The press corps has a constitutional role as the public 'watchdog', to promote government transparency, accountability, and public scrutiny of our government. The media has a solemn duty to inform the public when political officials try to inflict their failed policies on us, and when they are corrupt, lying and trying to use misinformation to deceive us.