Josh Marshall does a great job giving the lie to Bush campaign chairman Marc Racicot’s statement the other day to NPR interviewer Juan Williams that Bush had tried to volunteer to go to Vietnam but had not been chosen. As Marshall shows, this is handily contradicted by Bush’s own recent statements. Let us hope the mainstream press does not accept the falsifications unchallenged. If you are an NPR listener and particularly if you happened to hear Racicot’s statement, perhaps you should start with a letter or an email to NPR about your concern that they are being lied to and suggesting they investigate further in directions similar to those in which Marshall goes?

lie (n.): (1) A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood. (2) Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression. Syn: canard, cock-and-bull story, falsehood, falsity, fib, fiction, inveracity, misrepresentation, misstatement, prevarication, story, tale, untruth. Informal: fish story, tall tale. Slang: whopper.