Truthiness will not die

James Callan james.callan at COMCAST.NET
Fri Jan 27 21:19:31 UTC 2006


I imagine that "truthiness" benefits because it's a media-friendly way of saying "bullshit," in the HG Frankfurt sense of the word. If not an exact synonym, it's close enough for headline work.

James Callan
neologasm.com

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