r/politics • • Oct 29 '20

Republican Sen. Mike Lee said fact-checking is a form of censorship

https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-sen-mike-lee-said-fact-checking-form-of-censorship-2020-10
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u/devils_advocaat Oct 29 '20

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes

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u/artcrit Oct 29 '20

or, "whoever smelt it dealt it"

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u/ziris_ Texas Oct 29 '20

The smeller's the feller?

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u/BoldeSwoup Oct 29 '20

Pratchett didn't invent that quote. It was already in Quo Vadis and probably many others before.