"We’ve gone far beyond Stephen Colbert’s “truthiness” into a more “truth-be-damned” environment; what Rick Perlstein described in the Daily Beast as a “mendocracy. As in, rule by liars.”
The Mormon church started with lies. It has prospered by lies. All it's stength comes from its lies. Its leaders manage, defend and promote those lies. An entire industry (inside and outside the church) has emerged to protect and enhance those lies. Members thinks they can't live without those lies.
Mormonism truly is a "Mendocracy" -- from the word "mendacity", meaning dishonest.