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.

  • zephyreks@lemmy.caOP
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    1 year ago

    Hey, that’s fine.

    “We did the best with what we had and we now know that to have been the wrong decision”

    But again, decisions aren’t facts. Misrepresenting facts should be decoupled from the resulting decision.