Comments about ‘Truth deficiency is no joke’

I think the truth about today's complicated world is too hard to explain in the sound bites that permeate most election coverage. Election opponents and news reporters cherry-pick short phrases and present them out of context to shock the general public (which constitutes lying, but no one really holds them accountable). Often when fact checkers find discrepancies between the truth and the twisted truths reported in the media they have little to no impact. The twisted truths have the larger impact and sway elections. So we are left with politicians who can't delve into complexities in the public square, but merely present simpleton views and solutions that translate well to sound-bite media and win popularity points (but don't solve today's difficult problems). Today's established political practices are pushing our country to ruin.

Paging Sen. John Kyl, who gave us a new online text shortcut, NITBAFS, and raised cynicism about political claims to a new high (low?). Now facts can be anything we want them to be, if it advances our cause.