A reporter has to lie a little, of course, or they would discharge him. That is the only drawback to the profession. That is why I left it. [Laughter] I am different from Washington; I have a higher and grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won’t.  -Mark Twain, 1871

It's possible to deceive without lying and it's possible to lie without deceiving.

I am not more or less violently opposed to child abuse and murder than before I had kids.  But I do understand it better.

We know black Americans support Democrats and have since at least FDR.  One of the reasons is probably:  At least on one important question on affirmative action, 95% of them are factually, simply, wrong.  Garbage in, garbage out.