The American elections: he said, she said | Editorial | Comment | The Guardian

The American elections: he said, she said | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian:

"To put it at its simplest, the election is so close that its outcome may be determined by whether the lies told during the campaign, above all by the Republican side, stick or not. Because the candidates are so close, because the country has been so submerged by wave after wave of negative advertising, and because the falsehoods and unacknowledged shifts of position have come so thick and fast, mendacity could triumph over merit. If it does so, it will be because democracy's main tool for checking deception, the media, have fallen short of their duties. When politicians find they can make assertions and perpetrate falsehood without fear of being exposed, or at least of being exposed in front of the broader public, some of them will do so."

Dirty tricks will determine the winner. Sad but I am betting it's true. You can see how little faith I have in the culture any more.