National Public Radio Reporter Andrea Seabrook complains that she was “lied to every day, all day” during her fourteen years covering Capitol Hill for the publicly-funded network. Of course, lies from politicians are nothing new. I have cataloged here many of the bipartisan lies that politicians have to tell to get to Congress at all: “Americans pay their taxes voluntarily,” “Our invasion and occupation of Iraq was a success,” “There is no inflation,” et cetera, ad nauseam. But these are apparently not the lies that Andrea has in mind. More to the point, NPR lies to us every hour of … Continue reading New Lies for Old, Continued