Leader, NewScientist (10 September 2016):
THE descent into a post-truth world continues at a depressing rate. The latest winner of the pants-on-fire award is former US presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. In an interview with CNN after a speech in which Donald Trump wrongly claimed that violent crime was rising, Gingrich cherry-picked the facts – then abandoned them altogether. “The average American does not think crime is down,” he said. “As a political candidate, I’ll go with what people feel.”
In someone who claims to be an intellectual, this is exceptionally depressing and discouraging. Shame on Newt.
About 30 years of it.
