Once a liar, always a liar, the old saying goes. Turns out there’s some scientific truth to that - lying begets more lying. - https://time.com/4540707/lying-lies-brain/Exampl... moreOnce a liar, always a liar, the old saying goes. Turns out there’s some scientific truth to that - lying begets more lying. - https://time.com/4540707/lying-lies-brain/Example: The Fact Checker is keeping a running list of the false or misleading claims Trump says most regularly. Here's our latest tally as of Oct. 30, 2018. (Meg Kelly/ Glenn Kessler and Salvador Rizzo The Washington Post)On Sept. 7, President Trump woke up in Billings, Mont., flew to Fargo, N.D., visited Sioux Falls, S.D., and eventually returned to Washington. He spoke to reporters on Air Force One, held a pair of fundraisers and was interviewed by three local reporters.In that single day, he publicly made 125 false or misleading statements — in a period of time that totaled only about 120 minutes. It was a new single-day high.The day before, the president made 74 false or misleading claims, many at a campaign rally in Montana. An anonymous op-ed article by a senior administration official had just been published in the New York Tim... less
