Truthiness – The quality of stating concepts one wishes or believes to be true, rather than the facts.
A statement can be either “truthy” or “facty”. Rarely is it both.
With the rise of punditry and the cult of the commentator, we seem to be dividing people into who’s got the truth and, who’s got the facts. Unfortunately, the truty, also seem to be the more entertaining, making them more listened to.
Truthiness is an excellent word and has been gaining in public recognition. It has been used in the media from Comendy Centrals Colbert Report through to the Melbournes Age. And you cant argue with that.
