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I found it quite interesting to read about how Athenagoras of Syracuse debated Hermocrates by effectively claiming that his truthful account of the imminent invasion of their city by Athens was “fake news” (those are my scare quotes; not a direct quotation obviously), showing how truth has always been dispensed with in politics as soon as it doesn’t serve one side’s agenda. The rhetoric is very familiar.