Those lies were not immediately able to be proven wrong. But there was serious doubt even if it did not constitute a clear proof. And doesn't this actually mak

Those lies were not immediately able to be proven wrong. But there was serious doubt even if it did not constitute a clear proof. And doesn't this actually make matters worse? An obvious lie about something without much if any consequences versus a somewhat convincing lie about something that affected the lives of millions? To me the former one seems more like a stupid thing to do, the later one seems ruthless, evil or what ever you want to call it.