Letters: Getting the lying out of politics

Re “The truth about political lies,” Editorial, Jan. 16

Perhaps it’s inappropriate to make lying about political figures (and policies) a criminal offense.

But it is the major reason for the current political divide. There is no truly objective and widely publicized journalistic “committee” whose sole job is to verify the facts.

An “educated citizenry” was suppose to solve this problem, but that hasn’t worked.

So we must question whether the truth, if it were known, would be chosen over the ideology of choice.

Joanne Tatham
Irvine

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