Ryan GrimVerified account

I've often remarked that we've never had more access to information about state and corporate lies. Yet those lies continue, unabated.

In fact, we are seeing millions of people across the political spectrum *defend* politicians and officials who are known liars..

As lies, scandals and "leaks" proliferate, dissimulation becomes not only an accepted norm, but an implicitly celebrated one..

If "every official lies" then lies can't really be used to de-legitimize any official, even when those lies kill hundreds of thousands..

This is partly why the partisan "Trump's a liar!" charge is so disingenuous and never worked -- because lying is normalized in both parties.

Could you imagine a journalist interviewing a POTUS and introducing the segment with "And now we sit down with known liar, Barack Obama.."

One of the more egregious examples of media complicity with duplicity occurred when @HuffPost removed the editor's note from Trump articles

The note, which correctly pointed out that Trump is a racist, misogynist and serial liar was immediately removed after his election.