Re:Half of Americans now believe that news organizations del...
by autoexec on Thursday February 16, 2023 @03:21PM
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Yep. Lies are not the same thing as being dishonest.
You can use lies to be misleading, or manipulative, or dishonest you don't need to, and it's usually more effective if you don't (or at least don't entirely).
If someone can't see how a person could be misleading without lying they're going to fall for a lot of bullshit.
There is if you look up definitions. Lying involves falsehoods. You can mislead someone using selective truths without using falsehoods. That's why the article etc was about misleading, persuading, etc and not mentioning lying (aside from the commentor I originally responded to).