Political "Truth"

Journalists & the media are not necessarily known for well evidenced truth telling. Nor are politicians. You just have to skim through the aftermath of the US Presidential elections & the Brexit vote to see the "truth" of those campaigns revealed.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jun/26/people-spoken-brexit-did-media-tell-the-truth-eu-referendum

There has always been propaganda & half truths. Political commentators & leaders have always been economical with the truth. It has always been difficult to really know what the rights & wrongs of a decision would be. But there has been a radical change, led by Social Media.

Lying is the new truth. Lying is blatant & unrepented. Lying is expected & acceptable today. It's almost as if the public wants to be misled, wants to be in denial. The press & the media, with some notable exceptions, collude in a miasma of misinformation.

How on earth do we, the public, know who to believe, who to trust? The simple truth is that We Don't.

Truth is burning on the altar of democracy.