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submitted 1 year ago by zephyreks@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

As our government becomes more and more polarized, what can we do to ensure that facts and data hold out?

I'm not suggesting that lying should be illegal (in fact, it's often unintentional), but when an MPs statement can later be proven to be false, shouldn't they be forced to publicly apologize?

The truth shouldn't be political.

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[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Yes, they always complain that the fact checkers are all leftists and biased but they never set up their own fact checking. Go ahead and fact check the truth, I fucking dare you. Even if they did the actual fact checkers would fact check their fact checking and expose their meta lies.

Maybe they should have a points system. Exaggeration could be marked on a scale. You get so many exaggeration points and you get a sanction.

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