Charles Lewis

Center for Public Integrity / American University

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Veteran journalist Charles Lewis is the founder of the Center for Public Integrity and a professor at American University. He is the author of 935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America's Moral Integrity.

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All Presidents lie. But the current White House incumbent is using misinformation to increase his power by intentionally creating confusion.

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