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NEWS ABOUT: lying

lying stories: 13 news summaries
OPINION

 Fibs Are Good for Marriage 


Aug 26, 09 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Raina Kelley is not happy with this "new spate of advice talking about how lying is bad for a relationship," she writes in Newsweek. "That is my line in the sand. Marriages cannot exist without dishonesty." Now, she doesn't mean the big stuff, like adultery. She's... More »

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marriage • relationship • lying • women's issues • partner • lies • fib • compliment

OPINION

Steve Jobs Is a Bald-Faced Liar

'Nutritional problem'
a crock, and Apple should face SEC over health deception

Jun 24, 09 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Steve Jobs’ life was in danger before his liver transplant, and he “straight-out” lied about it, writes Dana Blankenhorn for ZDNet. In a January letter, Jobs said he had a “nutritional problem”; that letter “was a lie from beginning to end.” Now, Apple admits its founder... More »

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Steve Jobs • health • Apple • lying • liver transplants • Securities and Exchange Commission

Glenn Beck a 'Sack of Dog Mess': Whoopi

View host rips into Fox commentator for lying about Amtrak incident

May 20, 09 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whoopi Goldberg unloaded on guest Glenn Beck on The View today over an alleged fabrication involving Amtrak and reserved seats, the Orlando Sentinel reports. “You were a lying sack of dog mess,” Goldberg told the Fox News personality. Barbara Walters said she and co-host Goldberg did not have... More »

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television • The View • Barbara Walters • Whoopi Goldberg • Fox News • Amtrak • Glenn Beck • lying • confrontation

 'Sexy' Classics We 
 Say We've Read 

We think fibbing about reading classics makes us appear intelligent, 'sexier'

Mar 5, 09 8:36 AM CST
(Newser) - The Bible, War and Peace, 1984, and Ulysses are some of the classics people say they've read but actually haven't, a new British study has found. Why? Two-thirds of those surveyed fibbed about their reading mainly to appear intelligent and "more sexually attractive," a researcher tells the Daily ... More »

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literature • reading • dating • book • lying • classics

 In Sticky Situations,
 Recession's an Easy Out 

If you don't want to say the real reason, invoke the economy!

Feb 13, 09 2:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Think of all the commitments you would love to back out of. Chances are, you can use the economy as an excuse to set you free, reports the New York Times. Reaping the social benefits of recession is big with everyone from the mom who didn't want to confront her... More »

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recession • lying • financial crisis • white lies • excuses

 Alaskans Give Stevens 
 Hero's Welcome 

After corruption conviction, GOP senator begins 5-day marathon reelection bid

Oct 30, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Stevens returned home to Alaska to jump-start his reelection campaign yesterday, proclaiming his innocence and asking for the votes of 500 supporters at a rally. “Like most people, I'm not perfect,” said the 84-year-old Republican, who plans to appeal his conviction on federal corruption charges, the... More »

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Alaska • Senate • Ted Stevens • felony • conviction • lying • election

OPINION

 McCain's Lies Cross the Line 

Senator has run a dirty campaign

Sep 18, 08 12:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Politicians often stretch the truth, but John McCain has taken things to a new level, writes Joe Klein in Time. Journalists usually play softball when criticizing candidates’ falsehoods, but now even the restrained New York Times editorial board is calling McCain a liar. McCain’s campaign has... More »

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John McCain • smear campaign • lying • negative campaigning • McCain 2008

OPINION

Lying Corrupts Campaigns Just as Money Can

Maybe it's time for finance reformer to swear off fabrications

Sep 11, 08 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - We all know John McCain wasn’t really offended by Barack Obama’s “lipstick on a pig” comment—the one he pretended to think was a reference to Sarah Palin. “The whole controversy is ginned up, a fraud, a lie,” writes Michael Kinsley in the Washington ... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • pig • lipstick • lying • Sarah Palin

Carter: Rice Is Fibbing, Didn't Nix Hamas Meet

Secretary of state and former president at odds over warnings

Apr 23, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jimmy Carter continued a war of words with Condoleezza Rice today over whether he was officially warned against meeting with Hamas leaders last week—insisting through reps that, “perhaps inadvertently, she is continuing to make a statement that is not true.” The Secretary of State said yesterday a... More »

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Jimmy Carter • Hamas • Condoleezza Rice • lying

False News of Blood Samples Delays Diana Inquest

Coroner cautions jurors on ex-butler's testimony

Apr 1, 08 7:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Princess Diana inquest came to a brief halt today after the possibility of new evidence arose, the Daily Mail reports. Just as the inquest was winding down, the coroner received an email saying a new blood sample from Diana's driver had turned up in Paris. The evidence would have... More »

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Princess Diana • Britain • Henri Paul • Diana inquest • Paul Burrell • lying • Mohamed al Fayed • Dodi al Fayed • Scott Baker

Court: Italian Women Can Lie About Adultery

Judges say they can
fib, even to police,
to protect their honor

Mar 8, 08 3:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Italian adulterers have made their bed, and now the country’s top appeals court says they can lie in it: The Court of Cassation has ruled that married women can tell fibs to cover up an affair to protect their honor, the BBC reports. The judgment stems from the case... More »

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divorce • Italy • marriage • adultery • lying • Court of Cassation • honor

Di's Butler Refuses Court Return

Burrell denies he perjured himself to princess' inquest

Mar 6, 08 1:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Princess Diana’s ex-butler rejected a request to return to Britain to clarify statements made to a reporter about having lied to the inquest into her death, the Guardian reports today. Paul Burrell, who now lives in Florida, says he had "been drinking all evening and was tired and... More »

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Princess Diana • perjury • Britain • Diana inquest • British royals • Paul Burrell • lying • butler

'08 Alert: Mitt Misspoke on King March

Globe, Times wonder if Romney has problem sticking to the facts

Dec 21, 07 5:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Mitt Romney backtracked yesterday from claims that he saw his father march with Martin Luther King in the 1960s, saying he used "saw" as “a figure of speech." The Boston Globe dissects the partial mea culpa, noting that the candidate couldn't have "seen" it even figuratively... More »

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Mitt Romney • NRA • Martin Luther King Jr. • lying • George Romney

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