When you say to a journalist
           "I don't know"
      you may be accused of ignorance;
      so it is often safer to lie.

When you say to a journalist
           "I don't care"
      you may be accused of callousness;
      so it is often safer to lie.

When you say to a journalist
           "I won't say"
      you may be accused of dodging the question;
      so it is often safer to lie.

When you say to a journalist
           "There's nothing I can do"
      you may be accused of feebleness;
      so it is often safer to lie.

When you say to a journalist
           "It's not my responsibility"
      you may be accused of shuffling off the blame;
      so it is often safer to lie.

When you say to a journalist
           "Mind your own business"
      you may be accused of hiding the truth;
      so it is often safer to lie.

When you say to a journalist
           "No comment"
      you may be accused of bunkering down;
      so it is often safer to lie.

So when you read in a newspaper, or hear on the television, that someone is ignorant, or hard-hearted, or evasive, or impotent, or a buck-passer, or obstructive, or tight-lipped,
       always ask yourself:
       who here is the enemy of the truth? Back to home page.

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