"And I believe in the context of presenting information citizens have a common interest in, omission is a lie." It's basically impossible not to contextualize,

"And I believe in the context of presenting information citizens have a common interest in, omission is a lie." It's basically impossible not to contextualize, and to provide information selectively. That's the inherent and systematic problem with managing information. They have no choice but to do it. So there are a lot of 'editorial rules' and 'best practices' in the trade to try to ensure fairness. It doesn't always work, and it's not always applied.