It was not rectified. It is analogous because it was a heavily leveraged lie — lots of policy consequences flowed from it. It’s not the size of the lie, it’s t

It was not rectified. It is analogous because it was a heavily leveraged lie — lots of policy consequences flowed from it. It’s not the size of the lie, it’s the degree to which you can leverage it. For policy makers, the best practice is to use plausibly deniable, small, but highly leveraged lies.