Some stereotypes are so persistent that journalists don't even bother to check, whether the stereotype is true or not. A sentence that caught my eye in this article is:
"The only president who absolutely refused to tell jokes at his own expense was Richard Nixon."
It turned out that I know a clear example to the opposite: here is a video of Nixon's farewell speech to the White House stuff: "As you know, I don't like to read books... I am not educated, but I do read books [laughter in the audience]"
Addition: in today's issue of The New Republic you may enjoy extremely funny (and relatively truthful) character assassination piece on Michele Bachman and Rick Perry.
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