http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/12/09/confirming-a-lie/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/12/09/confirming-a-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-2241 Seth Finkelstein Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:22:22 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/12/09/confirming-a-lie/#comment-2241 Dan, I pointed out at the time, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HE SAID! You're working from a paraphrase, and it might have elided the all-important "wiggle room", the tiny bit of shading, which apparently makes all the difference between everyday politics and being called liar-liar. Dan, I pointed out at the time, YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT HE SAID! You’re working from a paraphrase, and it might have elided the all-important “wiggle room”, the tiny bit of shading, which apparently makes all the difference between everyday politics and being called liar-liar.

]]> http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/12/09/confirming-a-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-2240 Dan Gillmor Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:29:52 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/12/09/confirming-a-lie/#comment-2240 It's almost always possible to find a way not to lie. There are rare exceptions -- to save lives, for example -- but this surely isn't one of them. It’s almost always possible to find a way not to lie. There are rare exceptions — to save lives, for example — but this surely isn’t one of them.

]]> http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/12/09/confirming-a-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-2239 Jon Garfunkel Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:50:21 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/12/09/confirming-a-lie/#comment-2239 And my response at the time was that this was no big deal. People change jobs all the time, and they're in a situation where it is impossible for them to tell the truth. Was the public at large was really hurt by Thomson not being informed about his employment plans? And my response at the time was that this was no big deal. People change jobs all the time, and they’re in a situation where it is impossible for them to tell the truth. Was the public at large was really hurt by Thomson not being informed about his employment plans?

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