Lessons in How to Lie

“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.”
― Walter Langer

Repackage

Deceive with a Sandstorm of False Statements or Meaningless Numbers

It’s not complicated. Phone company claiming same great deals for new and existing customers.
[It’s not complicated, the deals are not great and everybody gets them.]

Two days early deposit illogic and no spending limits…
[Capital One claims promotes stupidity and intractable edit card debt]

Our product is 100% guaranteed on payroll calculations.

Peacock is streaming (the stuff nobody wants to watch) and even The Northman can’t save it.

Remodel for as little as $99 a month.

North Carolina ranks 35^th in holiday spirit.

Thirty percent of Americans to host holiday party.

Inflation highest in 39 years.

Ninety-five percent of people who lose weight gain majority back in less than 60 days.

Eighty percent of weight loss is in your mind.

UBER has new safety protocol.
[after years of cavalier practice and no concern, care, or consideration for employees and customers]

Peacock promotes with “never before seen” and “extended footage” tags but it is streaming nothing people want to watch.

Free coffee served in a $5 cup.

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Restructure

Distort Facts with Intent to Deceive

For the first six home games, the stadium was visibly vacant. Weeks before the seventh and eighth games, the team broadcasts an email to permanent seat license (PSL) owners, season ticket holders, and others. Clearly intended to entice but very likely to deceive, this type of unsolicited spewing is a widely-accepted part of social media and lying on the Internet culture.

The clock is ticking…
LIMITED SINGLE GAME TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
^[1]imagine lots of mindless branding stuff
Hurry! Tickets are going fast.
Secure your seats before they’re gone.

Under the banners of freedom of speech and doing the right thing even when no one is watching, rascals like those at the behemoth formerly known as Facebook were allowed to lie, cheat, and steal billions from millions; and then allowed to continue under new deception in the metaverse.

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Omit

Leave Out or Disguise Truthful or Important Information

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Hide the Truth

Banks, insurance companies, and automakers were not required to disclose how they were spending the billions of dollars they received in the Treasury and Federal Reserve System bail out program. With great insight, the government apparently knew they would simply lie about it and decided not to further embarrass the thieves with discloser of the depth of their irresponsibility and greed.^[4]Ed: The people will never find out where the billions went. Me: I know.