Governments at all levels lie all the time, either to cover up for their incompetence or episodes of corruption, or to justify their deliberate attempts to do w

Governments at all levels lie all the time, either to cover up for their incompetence or episodes of corruption, or to justify their deliberate attempts to do what they know wouldn't be easily sold to the public. They do this at the federal, state, county and municipal level not just as individual politicians but also on a fully official, formal footing. Law enforcement bears the brunt of accusations for doing this publicly, followed closely by the military (at least in the U.S.) but the dishonesty is pervasive at all levels in the midst of formalisms of transparency and rectitude. The only thing that makes it memorable in the case of Flint is the magnitude of the media blowback.