Politicians lie to us, they contradict themselves to say what will help them most in the moment, and we let them.  Politics has stopped being about truth, and has become only about the accumulation of power.  We've let that happen because we forgive the lies of those we want in power, and allow journalists to present information that we never independently verify.  In this episode we take a look at the role the people had in allowing for misinformation in George Orwell's "1984" and look at a few examples from the 2020 presidential election, the confirmation of Justice Coney Barrett, and the Boston Marathon Bombing.  Our politicians and journalists are to blame, but so are we for not demanding a higher standard.