I don't believe this was ever the case. I'm a pretty old guy so tell me what bygone era you are referring to and I'll tell you some of the most famous whoppers,

I don't believe this was ever the case. I'm a pretty old guy so tell me what bygone era you are referring to and I'll tell you some of the most famous whoppers, from memory probably. My opinion is just statistics ultimately. No use complaining about the data. And I'm not a game theorist, but as for higher order effects, I'd bet a systems where no one trusts politicians works out pretty well for all players. The real problem, actually, is that too many people trust the lies, which gives liars an advantage over honest candidates.