Powerful piece. The Liberty Bell metaphor cuts deep because its not just about lying becoming normalized, its about the institutions that usedto hold the line actively retreating. When the Post backs off from fact-checking out of exhaustion (or pressure), truth stops being a shared project and becomes something people selectively claim when it fits. The bell cracking twice feels almost too on the nose as an omen.
Powerful piece. The Liberty Bell metaphor cuts deep because its not just about lying becoming normalized, its about the institutions that usedto hold the line actively retreating. When the Post backs off from fact-checking out of exhaustion (or pressure), truth stops being a shared project and becomes something people selectively claim when it fits. The bell cracking twice feels almost too on the nose as an omen.
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