Each died for their cause, but, long before that sacrifice, they had a reputation for honesty that did not waver. It is, therefore, hard to imagine how they might regard today’s electioneering, especially the wild, wild west of online drum beating and poison spreading. It would be foolish to argue a politician or one of their acolytes never lied before this post-truth age was consolidated. Indeed, the vast majority of contributions on some threads would, if published in traditional media, lead to costly libel actions. This points to one of the ways that those organisation still committed to the idea of truth might be helped.

Source: Irish Examiner January 30, 2020 20:03 UTC