# Smartphone "Truthiness" app--now with kudos to CandidGamera **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 22, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-truthiness-app-now-with-kudos-to-candidgamera/632305 "2012-08-22T19:42:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-truthiness-app-now-with-kudos-to-candidgamera/632305/1 "2012-08-22T19:42:38Z")
[So much awesome](http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/22/tech/mobile/super-pac-app-campaign/index.html?hpt=hp_t2)! So, I whined in The Pit about liars a few weeks ago–not just truth-twisting or ignorance, outright lying. Within a few posts, C **andidGamera** waxed visionary with: > [@I am a bad American. I do not fully support the 1st Amendment.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-bad-american-i-do-not-fully-support-the-1st-amendment/630080/5): > > Maybe when technology moves along a few more years, we can have versions of the Jeopardy-robot that can do instant fact-checking of anything people say on national television, and when they say something that isn’t true, it can sound a klaxon and put a giant red ‘WRONG’ over their face for a second. And viola! The future is born! Well, at least crowning. The app identifies already-fact-checked ideas, but it’s a start. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-truthiness-app-now-with-kudos-to-candidgamera/632305/2 "2012-08-22T20:28:33Z")
No Android version. Boo!