The election now upon us is, among other things, about what Joe Biden almost uniquely calls “malarkey” and President Trump and his supporters all call “bulls—.”

If there is one charge leveled more consistently than any other against Trump, it is that he’s dishonest. The rapidly deteriorating standards of journalism since 2016 mean he is denounced even in supposed news stories for “lies.” The same point is implied in the phrase “without evidence” and others like it.