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And Just Your Best Guess—Is the Earth Round? Or Is It Flat?

September 14, 2009

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The latest CNN/Opinion Reseach Corporation poll (PDF) includes the following question:

And just your best guess — based on what you have read or heard about that address, do you think Obama lied while he was speaking to Congress on Wednesday night, or don’t you think so?

It’s official. We don’t have any claim on describing reality anymore. We’re just keeping score between competing sides.

Via TPMDC, which declares: “Obama Didn’t Lie, Say The People!”

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Greg Marx is an associate editor at CJR. Follow him on Twitter @gregamarx.