This is a model of what public verity checking could vastly exceed, and our social contexts are in desperate need of intelligent filters for lying, nonsense, and spin. “Statements since 2007 by presidential candidates (and some current and former officeholders) ranked from most dishonest over all to least dishonest, as fact-checked by PolitiFact. “Pants on Fire” refers to the most egregious falsehoods.” — from: All Politicians Lie — Some More Than Others: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/opinion/campaign-stops/all-politicians-lie-some-lie-more-than-others.html?smid=fb-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&_r=0

This is a model of what public verity checking could vastly exceed, and our social contexts are in desperate need of intelligent filters for lying, nonsense, and spin.

“Statements since 2007 by presidential candidates (and some current and former officeholders) ranked from most dishonest over all to least dishonest, as fact-checked by PolitiFact. “Pants on Fire” refers to the most egregious falsehoods.”

— from: All Politicians Lie — Some More Than Others:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/opinion/campaign-stops/all-politicians-lie-some-lie-more-than-others.html?smid=fb-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&_r=0