Truthiness will not die

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Oprah strikes a blow for truthiness" ?

  Isn't that a stupidism for "Oprah strikes a blow *against* truthiness" ?

  JL

Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU> wrote:
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Oprah's renunciation of James Frey has given "truthiness" another shot
in the arm...

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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11044071/
Oprah strikes a blow for truthiness
Do facts really matter? Ask Winfrey, James Frey or Stephen Colbert
COMMENTARY By Jon Bonné MSNBC
Updated: 11:29 p.m. ET Jan. 26, 2006
I will later regret having ever typed these words, but here goes:
Stephen Colbert was right. Truthiness reigns.
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Larry King also mentioned "truthiness" on his show about Frey, though
he attributed to Frank Rich (is Larry King next on Colbert's "Dead to
Me" list?).

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http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/26/lkl.01.html
RADZIWILL: I mean, I think we've gotten so used to being lied to, that
we don't even recognize it when we read it. So, yes, it would be in a
perfect world, we'd be talking about, you know, other lies.
Unfortunately, we're talking about Mr. Frey's lies.
KING: Truthiness, as Frank Rich calls it.
RADZIWILL: Yes.
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--Ben Zimmer

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