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If You're Running on Honor, Don't Tell Lies

GOP falsehoods lead to 'smear gap': Alter

By Gabriel Winant,  Newser User

Posted Aug 19, 2008 5:05 PM CDT

(Newser) – Never mind merely unflattering attacks; Jonathan Alter addresses the issue of outright falsehoods, as measured by an impartial fact-checking organization, in the two presidential campaigns, and finds the McCain camp has issued many more. The "smear gap"  belies John McCain's vision of himself...   Read full story »

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