WLBT 3 - Jackson, MS: The Art of Lying
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By Dennis Smith, News Director dennis@wlbt.net
In poker, it's called a bluff when you try to deceive your opponents.
In sports or the military, it's called a feint or a ruse when you try to outmaneuver your opponent with a tactical smokescreen.
But, in politics, it's very simple.
You just learn to lie better than your adversary.
Lying and politics seem to go hand in hand during election years.
Sure, you tell some half truths.
But, so often politicians stretch it so far that there's a huge fog covering facts and fiction.
When races are close the lies become bigger.
From my Point of View, future debates and news conferences could have candidates hooked up to lie detectors.
When the needle shows deception, they get a pie in the face.
On the other hand, maybe the best lie detector of all is still the voting booth
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