{"id":4341,"date":"2005-05-25T15:00:52","date_gmt":"2005-05-25T20:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=4341"},"modified":"2021-03-25T16:33:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T21:33:44","slug":"bullshitting-the-lie-detector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2005\/05\/25\/bullshitting-the-lie-detector\/","title":{"rendered":"“Bullshitting the Lie Detector”<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Harmon Leon writes for SF Weekly.<\/em> Excerpt: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This ad appears on Craigslist<\/a>:<\/p>

Has your parole officer accused you of doing something you haven’t done? Could this put you back in jail? Then we want to help.<\/p>

Call us and we’ll clear your name.<\/em><\/p>

We’ve got a show to help you prove who’s telling the truth.<\/em><\/p>

If selected, we will profile your story on a new national TV show where guests are polygraphed to get the truth out.<\/em><\/p>

I’m intrigued. My e-mail reply: I am on parole!<\/em><\/p>

Going by the name Hank, I express how much, I, who-is-on-parole, would love to be on their TV show (whatever the hell that might be). Immediately the TV producer e-mails back, thrilled to hear from I, who-is-on-parole. She leaves a phone number. I, who-is-on-parole, phone her. I weave an elaborate tale involving weapons and drug charges. This pleases her. I elaborate. I have something to prove to my probation officer. He said I flunked a recent drug test, which landed me back in jail for 20 days. The producer’s even more pleased.<\/p>

A day later the producer phones back. She wants me on the show! That’s right Bubba, I’m booked on Lie Detector<\/em> (Tuesdays, 8 p.m.), a program on family-friendly PAX TV that has a motto: “The lie detector holds the power to reveal the truth and expose deception wherever it might be found.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For discussion, see the AntiPolygraph.org message board thread, “Lie Detector” TV Show w\/Rolonda Watts & Ed Gelb.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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