LYING may be an age-old part of politics, but
it’s becoming easier to spot the fibs, fictions and falsehoods. A growing army
of fact-checkers around the world is busy debunking falsehoods from presidents,
prime ministers and pundits — and if their results are indicative, 2014 was a
banner year. Some of the claims were so absurd that fact-checking groups
honored them with awards, like Australia’s Golden Zombie and Italy’s Insane
Whopper of the Year.
