>... was solidly misleading. But they did not "fib" or "lie", both of which mean an untrue statement. The end result is the same. Being intentionally misleadin

>... was solidly misleading. But they did not "fib" or "lie", both of which mean an untrue statement. The end result is the same. Being intentionally misleading _IS_ lying, with the only difference being that the liar now has plausible deniability. If there's anything at all that my life experience has told me, it's that this is actually the worst kind of lying. NB: I don't have strong feelings about this particular instance, it just irks me when people grant a pass because it wasn't "technically" lying. Even though the intention was exactly the same. Lies by omission are still lies.