Archive for November 18, 2010
Welcome to The Halls of Dishonesty
by John Weckerle
We breathed a sigh of certain relief November 3, having come through a taxing election season that assaulted us with a barrage of untruths, half-truths, twisted facts, deceptions, and outright lies. It was over.
Well, of course it wasn’t.
Your editor read something dishonest today. We will spare you the gory details for now. We will simply say that we have had enough of being nice about this sort of thing. Those who occasionally look at our left-hand column will see a new category. We will caution those who publish falsehoods or inaccurate information (including those who pass along such content without checking their facts first) that we are likely going to be a little less kind about it in future. We all have a responsibility to at least try and verify the accuracy of what we are publishing/posting, and we’re tired of certain operators uncritically providing a venue for the dissemination of misleading information. In short: if you’re putting out something inflammatory, accusatory, or controversial – whether it originates with you or elsewhere – you’d do well to make sure you can back it up: because if you can’t, we may be coming after you.