NP: Mendacity Index

[Steve Maas]

No surprises here....
Steve Maas

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Washington Monthly, September 2003

The Mendacity Index: Which president told the biggest whoppers?

To come up with our Mendacity Index, we asked a nominating committee* of 
noted journalists and pundits to pick the most serious fibs, deceptions, and 
untruths spoken by each of the four most recent presidents. We selected the 
top six for each commander-in-chief, then presented the list to a panel of 
judges** with longtime experience in Washington. Panel members were 
instructed to rate each deception on a scale of 1 (least serious) to 5 (most 
serious). Then we averaged the scores for each deception and for each 
president. We believe their validity rests somewhere between the Periodic 
Table and the U.S. News & World Report college rankings.

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http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0309.mendacity-experts.html

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