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A brief history of political lies; a psychological look at why and how we lie; and whether we're really as divided as we think. (episode)
Kicking off our deep dive into deception with a taxonomy of the political lie.
Our relationship with lying in our own lives has a lot to do with how we judge the lies of politicians.
Though this election season feels particularly falsity-filled, we've been on this road for a long time. Here's a brief history of political lies and how Trump has broken the mold.
If fact-checking is meant to chasten politicians who lie, why isn't it more chaste out there? We speak to Politifact about educating the public and the definition of a "half-truth."
Why people believe what they want to believe, despite the facts.
Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight explains why Donald Trump's position in the polls isn't everything he makes it out to be, and how polls can also obscure the truth.
For many on the Left, Trump's popularity merely confirms their assumptions about those other people in America. And this may be the most dangerous lie of all.