Response to edit: A lie by obfuscation, or a lie by misdirection is still a lie. If you set something up so it is easy to believe a thing, without ever stating

Response to edit: A lie by obfuscation, or a lie by misdirection is still a lie. If you set something up so it is easy to believe a thing, without ever stating that thing, you are still lying, it is just not obvious that you are.