Around here, a "fact" repeated enough to be accepted as fact is called a factoid.

One size doesn't fit all, Craig. I'm a liberal who thinks Bush would be great company, a lot of fun. His hangers-on I didn't like.

I once pitched successfully to JFK an one-hour documentary on the influences on a presidential decision. He said, "Yah, I'd like to know what's going around here."

You can blame as much of the screw-ups on the know-it-alls as their bosses.