Lies, Politics and Lying Politicians

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Lies and Politics: Do Politicians Lie More Today?" CQ Researcher 18 Feb. 2011: 145-68.
When Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shouted “You lie!” during one of President Obama's early addresses to Congress, the outburst was unprecedented. Yet, in the charged political climate of the past two years, hot partisan rhetoric has continued, and accusations of lying have been rife. Historians say that false charges by competing candidates and lies by government officials to hide their actions from the public are a staple of politics going back to the 1800 presidential campaign between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Some legal scholars point out that the First Amendment broadly protects political speech, even when it's false. Some blame a lazy media — and clearly partisan media outlets like Fox News and MSNBC — for allowing more misinformation to flourish today. And some point out that political speech can be misleading without being flat-out lying.
From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

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Nyhan, Brendan and Jason Reifler. "When Corrections Fail: The Persistence of Political Misperceptions." 2010. Political Behavior 32(2): 303-330.

Books

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Cliffe, Lionel. Politics of Lying. New York: Macmillan, 2000.

Web

Factcheck.org - Project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania to reveal the "factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases."

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