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Earlier this month US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales stood before the Senate Judiciary Committee to explain his role in the firing of 8 US attorneys. At the heart of the matter is whether the attorneys were fired for performance-related issues, or if there were political motivations, as a trail of emails suggests [2].

Jon Stewart summaries the matter elegantly, pointing out that Gonzales used the phrase "I don't recall" 45 times before lunch. Yesterday Stewart chatted with award-winning documentary maker Bill Moyers about the concept of "fake news", specifically the matter of Gonzales, in this rare glimpse of Stewart outside The Daily Show.

After watching the disgraceful testimony of Gonzales, and the unfolding scandal involving the White House, the following quote came to mind: 

"Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie".
- Ludwig Wittgenstein