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On guard against stretched truths

The Republican and Democratic conventions are like political Olympics. It’s all I watch every night.

The problem is, a lot of performance-enhancing drugs are being used. The drug of choice is lies. It’s up to the officials — that is, the media — to test for these drugs and expose the users.

Patty Kellogg

Newton