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'''Deceit''' means to deliberately misrepresent or deny truths, or [[lie]], with the intent to fool or trick others.<ref>In law, deceit is the fraudulent representation of a material fact, made intentionally or recklessly or without reasonable basis and with the intent to induce reliance on the falsehood.  In tort law, if someone does justifiably rely on the deceit to his detriment, then he has a cause of action for recovery of his injury.</ref> See also [[Self-deception]].

'''Deceit''' means to deliberately misrepresent or deny truths, or [[lie]], with the intent to fool or trick others.<ref>In law, deceit is the fraudulent representation of a material fact, made intentionally or recklessly or without reasonable basis and with the intent to induce reliance on the falsehood.  In tort law, if someone does justifiably rely on the deceit to his detriment, then he has a cause of action for recovery of his injury.</ref> See also [[Self-deception]].

Deceit helps bring various false [[belief system]]s into the public, as illustrated by the examples below. Nearly all of these examples consist of '''deceit''' that was embraced by many people in order to advance an [[ideological]] goal. Most prominent modern examples are of [[liberal]]s hoping to mislead the public through [[propaganda]].   

Deceit helps bring various false [[belief system]]s into the public, as illustrated by the examples below. Nearly all of these examples consist of '''deceit''' that was embraced by many people in order to advance a [[ideological]] goal. Most prominent modern examples are of [[liberal]]s hoping to mislead the public through [[propaganda]].   

'''Embraced deceit''' is '''deceit''' that is knowingly allowed, defended or even promoted for ideological purposes (such as in [[Islam]] via the concept of [[taqiyya]], as well as in [[Communism]]).  Not only did the perpetrators of the '''deceit''' promote it, but their allies were complicit as well.  '''Embraced deceit''' is common.

'''Embraced deceit''' is '''deceit''' that is knowingly allowed, defended or even promoted for ideological purposes (such as in [[Islam]] via the concept of [[taqiyya]], as well as in [[Communism]]).  Not only did the perpetrators of the '''deceit''' promote it, but their allies were complicit as well.  '''Embraced deceit''' is common.

==Examples==

==Examples==

 

#For over 50 years, [[liberals]] denied that [[Julius Rosenberg]] had spied for the [[Communist]] [[Soviet Union]].  Then, in September 2008, a co-conspirator finally admitted the truth in "Figure in Rosenberg Case Admits to Soviet Spying."<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/nyregion/12spy.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin</ref>

#For over 50 years, [[liberals]] denied that [[Julius Rosenberg]] had spied for the [[Communist]] [[Soviet Union]].  Then, in September 2008, a co-conspirator finally admitted the truth in "Figure in Rosenberg Case Admits to Soviet Spying."<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/nyregion/12spy.html</ref>

#In 1997 the National Coalition of Abortion Providers' executive director Ron Fitzsimmons admitted, "I lied through my teeth" about the facts in order to defeat a ban on [[partial birth abortion]].<ref>http://www.slate.com/id/2086/</ref>

#In 1997 the National Coalition of Abortion Providers' executive director Ron Fitzsimmons admitted, "I lied through my teeth" about the facts in order to defeat a ban on [[partial birth abortion]].<ref>http://www.slate.com/id/2086/</ref>

#Gun control advocate [[Michael Bellesiles]] wrote a book entitled ''Arming America, The Origins of a National Gun Culture'' (2000).  Gary Wills gave it a glowing review in ''[[The New York Times]]'', but admitted later that "I was took. The book is a fraud."<ref>Jonah Goldberg, [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/guests/s_501644.html ''Reports of the [[Second Amendment]]'s death have been greatly exaggerated ...''] Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Apr. 8, 2007.</ref>  Bellesiles resigned from his position as Professor of History at [[Emory University]] in Atlanta when an independent committee of scholars examined his work and concluded that "his scholarly integrity is seriously in question."<ref>http://hnn.us/articles/1069.html</ref>

#Gun control advocate [[Michael Bellesiles]] wrote a book entitled ''Arming America, The Origins of a National Gun Culture'' (2000).  Gary Wills gave it a glowing review in ''[[The New York Times]]'', but admitted later that "I was took. The book is a fraud."<ref>Jonah Goldberg, [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/guests/s_501644.html ''Reports of the [[Second Amendment]]'s death have been greatly exaggerated ...''] Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Apr. 8, 2007.</ref>  Bellesiles resigned from his position as Professor of History at [[Emory University]] in Atlanta when an independent committee of scholars examined his work and concluded that "his scholarly integrity is seriously in question."<ref>http://hnn.us/articles/1069.html</ref>

#The [[Piltdown Man]] was a fraudulent [[missing link]] taught to an entire generation of students worldwide from 1912 to 1953 as "proof" that man had evolved from an ape-like species.  [[Evolution]]ists declared the Piltdown Man to be authentic and gave it a formal name, ''Eoanthropus dawsoni,'' in honor of the person who claimed to have found it, Charles Dawson.  The British scientific establishment largely supported the validity of Piltdown Man.<ref>http://www.bradburyac.mistral.co.uk/tenness5.html</ref>  But the Piltdown Man was actually a [[medieval]] skull combined with a lower jaw from an [[orangutan]] and teeth from a [[chimpanzee]], which were then placed in a gravel pit in the village of Piltdown, England.  There are reports that as early as 1914 someone at the British Museum privately admitted that "a negro skull and a broken ape jaw" had been "artificially fossilized."<ref>http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/map_prim_suspects/KEITH/Keith_prosecution/piltdown_unmasked.html</ref>  Yet promoters of evolution perpetrated this fraud for decades, in textbooks (e.g., the text at issue in the [[Scopes trial]] in 1925) as well as in popular books and magazines (e.g., a 1922 book for the general market illustrated the daily life of the Piltdown Man).<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC02561355&id=L0sDgL6sPh4C&pg=RA1-PR51 ''Everyday Life in the Old Stone Age''], Charles Henry Bourne Quennell, 1922, p. 51.</ref>

#The [[Piltdown Man]] was a fraudulent [[missing link]] taught to an entire generation of students worldwide from 1912 to 1953 as "proof" that man had evolved from an ape-like species.  [[Evolution]]ists declared the Piltdown Man to be authentic and gave it a formal name, ''Eoanthropus dawsoni,'' in honor of the person who claimed to have found it, Charles Dawson.  The British scientific establishment largely supported the validity of Piltdown Man.<ref>http://www.bradburyac.mistral.co.uk/tenness5.html</ref>  But the Piltdown Man was actually a [[medieval]] skull combined with a lower jaw from an [[orangutan]] and teeth from a [[chimpanzee]], which were then placed in a gravel pit in the village of Piltdown, England.  There are reports that as early as 1914 someone at the British Museum privately admitted that "a negro skull and a broken ape jaw" had been "artificially fossilized."<ref>http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/map_prim_suspects/KEITH/Keith_prosecution/piltdown_unmasked.html</ref>  Yet promoters of evolution perpetrated this fraud for decades, in textbooks (e.g., the text at issue in the [[Scopes trial]] in 1925) as well as in popular books and magazines (e.g., a 1922 book for the general market illustrated the daily life of the Piltdown Man).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC02561355&id=L0sDgL6sPh4C&pg=RA1-PR51 ''Everyday Life in the Old Stone Age''], Charles Henry Bourne Quennell, 1922, p. 51.</ref>

#[[Alger Hiss]] was a Communist spy who worked at high levels in the U.S. government.  He was convicted of two counts of perjury relating to his denials of his [[treason]].  His verdict was upheld at the [[Court of Appeals]] and the [[Supreme Court]]. Hiss was sentenced to five years on Jan. 25 and served 44 months in Lewisburg Federal Prison before being released in November 1954. Yet he continued to claim he was innocent afterward.  Documents released from [[Soviet]] files after the Communist Soviet Union collapsed proved that Hiss had been a spy, and the 1997 [[Moynihan Commission on Government Secrecy]] concluded that he was a spy in its report.<ref>[http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/moynihan/appa6.html Moynihan Commission on Government Secrecy, Appendix A 6. The Experience of The Bomb]</ref>  

#[[Alger Hiss]] was a Communist spy who worked at high levels in the U.S. government.  He was convicted of two counts of perjury relating to his denials of his [[treason]].  His verdict was upheld at the [[Court of Appeals]] and the [[Supreme Court]]. Hiss was sentenced to five years on Jan. 25 and served 44 months in Lewisburg Federal Prison before being released in November 1954. Yet he continued to claim he was innocent afterward.  Documents released from [[Soviet]] files after the Communist Soviet Union collapsed proved that Hiss had been a spy, and the 1997 [[Moynihan Commission on Government Secrecy]] concluded that he was a spy in its report.<ref>[http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/moynihan/appa6.html Moynihan Commission on Government Secrecy, Appendix A 6. The Experience of The Bomb]</ref>  

#American Vice President [[Joe Biden]] is listed on famousplagiarists.com for his widely publicized copying from British liberal [[Neil Kinnock]] and then pawning it off as his own, and then initially denying he had done anything wrong. The resultant exposure of his unacknowledged appropriation of Kinnock's work forced Biden out of the 1988 presidential race,<ref>http://www.famousplagiarists.com/politics.htm</ref> but [[liberals]] have continued to support him as a U.S. Senator and do not seem to mind his prior deceit one bit.

#American Vice President [[Joe Biden]] is listed on famousplagiarists.com for his widely publicized copying from British liberal [[Neil Kinnock]] and then pawning it off as his own, and then initially denying he had done anything wrong. The resultant exposure of his unacknowledged appropriation of Kinnock's work forced Biden out of the 1988 presidential race,<ref>http://www.famousplagiarists.com/politics.htm</ref> but [[liberals]] have continued to support him as a U.S. Senator and do not seem to mind his prior deceit one bit.

#[[Liberals]] popularized the [[Scopes trial]] with the 1955 play [[Inherit the Wind]], which is often taught in schools, and the 1960 Hollywood motion picture by the same name.  Both completely lied about the facts in order to harm [[Christianity]], misleading students who read or enact the play and everyone who saw the movie.  As recently as April 17, 2007, the ''[[Village Voice]]'' described the play as though it were factually true,<ref>http://www.villagevoice.com/theater/0716,feingold,76394,11.html</ref> thereby misleading all of its readers.

#[[Liberals]] popularized the [[Scopes trial]] with the 1955 play [[Inherit the Wind]], which is often taught in schools, and the 1960 Hollywood motion picture by the same name.  Both completely lied about the facts in order to harm [[Christianity]], misleading students who read or enact the play and everyone who saw the movie.  As recently as April 17, 2007, the ''[[Village Voice]]'' described the play as though it were factually true,<ref>http://www.villagevoice.com/theater/0716,feingold,76394,11.html</ref> thereby misleading all of its readers.

#''[[Doe v. Bolton]]''<ref>410 U.S. 179, 192 (1973).</ref> was the decision in 1973 by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] which created [[abortion]] on demand based on the theory that Ms. "Doe" wanted an abortion for her health. Sandra Cano was the "Doe" of ''Doe v. Bolton'', and she later proved in sworn testimony that at "NO TIME did I ever have an abortion. I did not seek an abortion nor do I believe in abortion."<ref>http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=1553&wit_id=4393</ref>  She filed a brief with the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in 2006 asserting that "fraud was perpetrated on the Court" in the original ''Doe v. Bolton'' case brought in her name.  In April 2007, the Supreme Court cited approvingly her brief for the general principle that abortion might harm the women who have them.<ref>http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=05-380</ref>

#''[[Doe v. Bolton]]''<ref>410 U.S. 179, 192 (1973).</ref> was the decision in 1973 by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] which created [[abortion]] on demand based on the theory that Ms. "Doe" wanted an abortion for her health. Sandra Cano was the "Doe" of ''Doe v. Bolton'', and she later proved in sworn testimony that at "NO TIME did I ever have an abortion. I did not seek an abortion nor do I believe in abortion."<ref>http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=1553&wit_id=4393</ref>  She filed a brief with the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in 2006 asserting that "fraud was perpetrated on the Court" in the original ''Doe v. Bolton'' case brought in her name.  In April 2007, the Supreme Court cited approvingly her brief for the general principle that abortion might harm the women who have them.<ref>http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=05-380</ref>

#[[Democrat]] Durham District Attorney [[Mike Nifong]] admitted that there was "no credible evidence" that three Duke lacrosse players committed any of the crimes he charged them for in 2006.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-07-26-nifong-court_N.htm?csp=34</ref>  A three-member panel of a state commission "ruled that Nifong willfully lied during his prosecution of the three lacrosse players."<ref>http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/661674.html</ref>  "The committee ruled in June [2007] that Nifong knowingly withheld DNA evidence that was beneficial to the three charged in the case. ...  The state attorney general later exonerated the players and declared the three men innocent of all charges."<ref>''Id.''</ref>  But 88 Duke professors—more than 10 percent of the [[liberal]] Duke professorial faculty - endorsed and published an ad hurtful to the innocent students, which "helped create the lynch-mob atmosphere."<ref>http://www.nypost.com/seven/03232007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/duke__who_wont_pay_opedcolumnists_john_podhoretz.htm</ref>    Ultimately "Nifong was sentenced ... to a single day in jail, having been held in criminal contempt of court for lying to a judge during his pursuit of rape charges against the three falsely accused lacrosse players."<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RCITJ00&show_article=1</ref>

#[[Democrat]] Durham District Attorney [[Mike Nifong]] admitted that there was "no credible evidence" that three Duke lacrosse players committed any of the crimes he charged them for in 2006.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-07-26-nifong-court_N.htm?csp=34</ref>  A three-member panel of a state commission "ruled that Nifong willfully lied during his prosecution of the three lacrosse players."<ref>http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/661674.html</ref>  "The committee ruled in June [2007] that Nifong knowingly withheld DNA evidence that was beneficial to the three charged in the case. ...  The state attorney general later exonerated the players and declared the three men innocent of all charges."<ref>''Id.''</ref>  But 88 Duke professors—more than 10 percent of the [[liberal]] Duke professorial faculty - endorsed and published an ad hurtful to the innocent students, which "helped create the lynch-mob atmosphere."<ref>http://www.nypost.com/seven/03232007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/duke__who_wont_pay_opedcolumnists_john_podhoretz.htm</ref>    Ultimately "Nifong was sentenced ... to a single day in jail, having been held in criminal contempt of court for lying to a judge during his pursuit of rape charges against the three falsely accused lacrosse players."<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RCITJ00&show_article=1</ref>

#In relation to the [[theory of evolution]] evolutionist [[Stephen Jay Gould]] wrote in May 2000 the following: "[[Ernst Haeckel|Haeckel]]'s forceful, eminently comprehensible, if not always accurate, books appeared in all major languages and surely exerted more influence than the works of any other scientist, including Darwin ... in convincing people throughout the world about the validity of evolution .... Haeckel had exaggerated the similarities [between embryos of different species] by idealizations and omissions. He also, in some cases — in a procedure that can only be called fraudulent — simply copied the same figure over and over again."<ref>http://www.creationism.org/caesar/haeckel.htm</ref>  The [[New York Times]] reported that "drawings were reproduced in textbook after textbook for more than a century" which "biologists discovered ... were fraudulent" but "some textbooks still contain them."<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/08/science/08EVOL.html?ex=1187064000&en=c9bdc4e4fa58256b&ei=5070</ref>  Known as the [[Haeckel drawings]], these fake drawings remained in textbooks for more than 100 years until exposed as fake by the [[New York Times]] in 2001. As of Aug. 12, 2007, [[Wikipedia]] continued to present these drawings as generally true while omitting any reference to the [[New York Times]] exposing of the fraud.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryo_drawing</ref>

#In relation to the [[theory of evolution]] evolutionist [[Stephen Jay Gould]] wrote in May 2000 the following: "[[Ernst Haeckel|Haeckel]]'s forceful, eminently comprehensible, if not always accurate, books appeared in all major languages and surely exerted more influence than the works of any other scientist, including Darwin ... in convincing people throughout the world about the validity of evolution .... Haeckel had exaggerated the similarities [between embryos of different species] by idealizations and omissions. He also, in some cases — in a procedure that can only be called fraudulent — simply copied the same figure over and over again."<ref>http://www.creationism.org/caesar/haeckel.htm</ref>  The [[New York Times]] reported that "drawings were reproduced in textbook after textbook for more than a century" which "biologists discovered ... were fraudulent" but "some textbooks still contain them."<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/08/science/08EVOL.html</ref>  Known as the [[Haeckel drawings]], these fake drawings remained in textbooks for more than 100 years until exposed as fake by the [[New York Times]] in 2001. As of Aug. 12, 2007, [[Wikipedia]] continued to present these drawings as generally true while omitting any reference to the [[New York Times]] exposure of the fraud.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryo_drawing</ref>

#Several Climatic Research Unit scientists at the University of East Anglia have been scrutinized for deceitful behavior revealed from [[Climategate]]. If it is true that the CRU scientists deliberately falsified climate science data, and then used the results of the falsification to obtain additional research funding, then it is deceit.

#Several Climatic Research Unit scientists at the University of East Anglia have been scrutinized for deceitful behavior revealed from [[Climategate]]. If it is true that the CRU scientists deliberately falsified climate science data, and then used the results of the falsification to obtain additional research funding, then it is deceit.

#[[Adolf Hitler]] described the "Big Lie" technique in Mein Kampf and used it to justify invading Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and other countries. He blamed Jews for the big lie, and for starting World War II, but was unconvincing.

#[[Adolf Hitler]] described the "Big Lie" technique in Mein Kampf and used it to justify invading Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and other countries. He blamed Jews for the big lie, and for starting World War II, but was unconvincing.

#Extremist, hyper-liberal regimes such as the [[Soviet Union]] under [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Communist]] [[China]], and [[North Korea]] elevate deceit into an instrument of political statecraft. Systematic [[liberal lies]] are the basic currency of daily governance, and [[propaganda]] delivered through state organs is as essential to these regimes as a [[free press]] to the [[United States]].  

#Extremist, hyper-liberal regimes such as the [[Soviet Union]] under [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Communist]] [[China]], and [[North Korea]] elevate deceit into an instrument of [[political]] [[statecraft]]. Systematic [[liberal lies]] are the basic currency of daily governance, and [[propaganda]] delivered through state organs is as essential to these regimes as a [[free press]] to the [[United States]].  

#[[Jayson Blair]], disgraced former ''New York Times'' reporter, was forced to resign after it was discovered he had plagiarized and fabricated large amounts of material for several stories

#[[Jayson Blair]], disgraced former ''New York Times'' reporter, was forced to resign after it was discovered he had plagiarized and fabricated large amounts of material for several stories.

#[[Barack Obama]] repeatedly pledged to close the [[Guantanamo]] Detention facility housing [[terrorist]]s in order to "regain America's moral stature in the world." <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQXZoM__vU0 60 Minutes: Obama Reiterates Promise To Close Guantanamo Bay]</ref>  The ''Washington Post'' reported in June 2009 Obama was considering an [[Executive Order]] to hold Guantanamo detainees indefinitely.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062603361.html ''White House Weighs Order on Detention Officials: Move Would Reassert Power To Hold Terror Suspects Indefinitely''], [[Washington Post]], June 27, 2009.</ref>

#[[Barack Obama]] repeatedly pledged to close the [[Guantanamo]] Detention facility housing [[terrorist]]s in order to "regain America's moral stature in the world."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQXZoM__vU0 60 Minutes: Obama Reiterates Promise To Close Guantanamo Bay]</ref>  The ''Washington Post'' reported in June 2009, Obama was considering an [[Executive Order]] to hold Guantanamo detainees indefinitely.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062603361.html ''White House Weighs Order on Detention Officials: Move Would Reassert Power To Hold Terror Suspects Indefinitely''], [[Washington Post]], June 27, 2009.</ref>

#In July 2009, Al Gore was interviewed by a reporter from the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]. During the interview, he was asked about a 2007 British court ruling regarding his ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'' film being shown in public schools. The question was specifically about nine significant scientific errors in the film that were noted by the judge. Gore did not address the issue of the errors, simply stating, "[T]he ruling was in my favour."<ref>http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2009/s2624723.htm</ref> However, the judge had unequivocally stated in 2007 after the ruling, "I conclude that the claimant substantially won this case by virtue of my finding that, but for the new guidance note, the film would have been distributed in breach of sections 406 and 407 of the 1996 Education Act."<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7037671.stm</ref>

#In July 2009, Al Gore was interviewed by a reporter from the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]. During the interview, he was asked about a 2007 British court ruling regarding his ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'' film being shown in public schools. The question was specifically about nine significant scientific errors in the film that were noted by the judge. Gore did not address the issue of the errors, simply stating, "[T]he ruling was in my favour."<ref>http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2009/s2624723.htm</ref> However, the judge had unequivocally stated in 2007 after the ruling, "I conclude that the claimant substantially won this case by virtue of my finding that, but for the new guidance note, the film would have been distributed in breach of sections 406 and 407 of the 1996 Education Act."<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7037671.stm</ref>#In the earliest example of deceit, the serpent in the [[Garden of Eden]] persuaded [[Eve]] to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, claiming it would make her like [[God]]. In truth, it caused the [[fall of man]], exiling [[Adam and Eve]] from [[Eden]]. See John 8:44.

#In the earliest example of deceit, the serpent in the [[Garden of Eden]] persuaded [[Eve]] to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, claiming it would make her like [[God]]. In truth, it caused the [[fall of man]], exiling [[Adam and Eve]] from [[Eden]]. See John 8:44.

#Two prominent men in a community arranged to have their church raise $850 in donations to purchase books for a local school. In sworn testimony during depositions, both men denied knowledge of the source of the donations.

#Two prominent men in a community arranged to have their church raise $850 in donations to purchase books for a local school. In sworn testimony during depositions, both men denied knowledge of the source of the donations.

#[[James O'Keefe]] and his conspirators pleaded guilty to entering a federal building under false pretenses when they posed as telephone workers to enter Senator [[Mary Landrieu]]'s office to confront her about phone calls from constituents that the senator allegedly ignored.<ref>http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/05/james_okeefe_and_friends_plead.html</ref>

#[[James O'Keefe]] and his conspirators pleaded guilty to entering a federal building under false pretenses when they posed as telephone workers to enter Senator [[Mary Landrieu]]'s office to confront her about phone calls from constituents that the senator allegedly ignored.<ref>http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/05/james_okeefe_and_friends_plead.html</ref>

#[[Dinesh D'Souza]] made illegal [[straw donor]] campaign contributions to a U.S. Senate candidate and then misled the candidate about the source of the contributions.<ref>https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/dinesh-d-souza-sentenced-manhattan-federal-court-five-years-probation-campaign-finance</ref>

#[[Dinesh D'Souza]] made illegal [[straw donor]] campaign contributions to a U.S. Senate candidate and then misled the candidate about the source of the contributions.<ref>https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/dinesh-d-souza-sentenced-manhattan-federal-court-five-years-probation-campaign-finance</ref>

#After the [[2016 U.S. Presidential election]], there was a lot of talk and even hysteria among liberals about "[[fake news]]". However, while liberals portrayed it as a problem with [[conservative media]], it was revealed that many fake news sites were actually run by liberal Democrats who did what they did in an attempt to discredit conservatives and [[Donald Trump]].<ref>Dewey, Caitlin (November 17, 2016). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/11/17/facebook-fake-news-writer-i-think-donald-trump-is-in-the-white-house-because-of-me/?utm_term=.b3656316a9a1 Facebook fake-news writer: ‘I think Donald Trump is in the White House because of me’]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.</ref><ref>Sydell, Laura (November 23, 2016). [http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503146770/npr-finds-the-head-of-a-covert-fake-news-operation-in-the-suburbs We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here's What We Learned]. ''NPR''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.</ref>

#After the [[2016 U.S. Presidential election]], there was a lot of talk and even hysteria among liberals about "[[fake news]]". However, while liberals portrayed it as a problem with [[conservative media]], it was revealed that many fake news sites were actually run by liberal Democrats who did what they did in an attempt to discredit conservatives and [[Donald Trump]].<ref>Dewey, Caitlin (November 17, 2016). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/11/17/facebook-fake-news-writer-i-think-donald-trump-is-in-the-white-house-because-of-me/ Facebook fake-news writer: ‘I think Donald Trump is in the White House because of me’]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.</ref><ref>Sydell, Laura (November 23, 2016). [https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503146770/npr-finds-the-head-of-a-covert-fake-news-operation-in-the-suburbs We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here's What We Learned]. ''NPR''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.</ref>

#Also after the 2016 election, several violent and disturbing anti-Trump attacks occurred throughout the nation against Trump supporters or supposed Trump supporters.<ref>Nolte, John (July 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/07/05/rap-sheet-acts-of-media-approved-violence-and-harassment-against-trump-supporters/ Rap Sheet: ***502*** Acts of Media-Approved Violence and Harassment Against Trump Supporters]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.</ref> Despite these attacks, liberals and leftists only focused on alleged attacks by Trump supporters against minorities and others (the false leftist narrative, although being blatantly false and one-sided, fits their manufactured narrative that Trump supporters are "racist" and "evil" and that leftists are "tolerant" and "forgiving"). It was found that despite the numerous real anti-Trump attacks, several of the alleged attacks made by "pro-Trump" people were found to be hoaxes.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/05/facebook-live-attack-latest-in-string-anti-trump-assaults.html Facebook Live attack the latest in string of anti-Trump assaults]. ''Fox News''. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.</ref><ref>Huston, Warner Todd (May 5, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/05/another-hate-crime-hoax-church-organist-admits-he-vandalized-his-own-church-with-trump-and-nazi-slogans/ Another Hate Crime Hoax: Church Organist Admits He Vandalized His Own Church with Trump and Nazi Slogans]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 5, 2017.</ref>

#Also after the 2016 election, several violent and disturbing anti-Trump attacks occurred throughout the nation against Trump supporters or supposed Trump supporters.<ref>Nolte, John (July 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/07/05/rap-sheet-acts-of-media-approved-violence-and-harassment-against-trump-supporters/ Rap Sheet: ***502*** Acts of Media-Approved Violence and Harassment Against Trump Supporters]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.</ref> Despite these attacks, liberals and leftists only focused on alleged attacks by Trump supporters against minorities and others (the false leftist [[narrative]], although being blatantly false and one-sided, fits their manufactured narrative that Trump supporters are "racist" and "evil" and that leftists are "tolerant" and "forgiving"). It was found that despite the numerous real anti-Trump attacks, several of the alleged attacks made by "pro-Trump" people were hoaxes.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/05/facebook-live-attack-latest-in-string-anti-trump-assaults.html Facebook Live attack the latest in string of anti-Trump assaults]. ''Fox News''. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.</ref><ref>Huston, Warner Todd (May 5, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/05/another-hate-crime-hoax-church-organist-admits-he-vandalized-his-own-church-with-trump-and-nazi-slogans/ Another Hate Crime Hoax: Church Organist Admits He Vandalized His Own Church with Trump and Nazi Slogans]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 5, 2017.</ref>

#There have been numerous times where both Republicans and Democrats have made the same or similar gaffes, but the media only focuses on, or criticizes, the gaffe when the Republican says it.<ref>Shaw, Adam (March 10, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/10/four-times-republicans-faced-outrage-for-things-dems-did-first.html Four times Republicans faced outrage for things Dems did first]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 13, 2017.</ref>

#There have been numerous times when both Republicans and Democrats have made the same or similar gaffes, but the media only focuses on, or criticizes, the gaffe when the Republican says it.<ref>Shaw, Adam (March 10, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/10/four-times-republicans-faced-outrage-for-things-dems-did-first.html Four times Republicans faced outrage for things Dems did first]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 13, 2017.</ref>

#When Republican Presidents [[George W. Bush]] and Donald Trump fired [[United States Attorney|federal prosecutors]], the mainstream media went hysterical, but they had no problem when Presidents Clinton and Obama did the same thing.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/13/media-pivots-on-trumps-prosecutor-purge-after-learning-clinton-obama-did-same.html Media pivots on Trump's prosecutor purge after learning Clinton, Obama did the same]. ''Fox News''. March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.</ref>

#When Republican Presidents [[George W. Bush]] and Donald Trump fired [[United States Attorney|federal prosecutors]], the mainstream media went hysterical, but they had no problem when Presidents Clinton and Obama did the same thing.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/13/media-pivots-on-trumps-prosecutor-purge-after-learning-clinton-obama-did-same.html Media pivots on Trump's prosecutor purge after learning Clinton, Obama did the same]. ''Fox News''. March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.</ref>

#Liberals and left-wingers frequently argue that [[Fox News Channel]] is a conservative network and is basically the television version of [[Rush Limbaugh]]. They say this in an attempt to lower Fox's credibility. However, a May 2017 study conducted by [[Harvard University]] regarding mainstream media coverage of Republican U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] showed that, overall, 80% of coverage about him was negative throughout the media.<ref name="FoxFairBalanced">

#Liberals and left-wingers frequently argue that [[Fox News Channel]] is a conservative network and is basically the television version of [[Rush Limbaugh]]. They say this in an attempt to lower Fox's credibility. However, a May 2017 study conducted by [[Harvard University]] regarding mainstream media coverage of Republican U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] showed that, overall, 80% of coverage about him was negative throughout the media.<ref name="FoxFairBalanced">

*Richardson, Valerie (May 19, 2017). [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/19/study-trump-press-coverage-new-standard-negativity/ Harvard agrees: Trump press coverage sets ‘new standard for negativity’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 19, 2017.

*Richardson, Valerie (May 19, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/19/study-trump-press-coverage-new-standard-negativity/ Harvard agrees: Trump press coverage sets ‘new standard for negativity’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 19, 2017.

*Shaw, Adam (May 19, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/05/19/study-93-percent-cnn-nbcs-trump-coverage-negative/ Study: Media Coverage of Trump’s First 100 Days Set ‘New Standard For Negativity’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 19, 2017.</ref> However, the network with the most positive coverage of Trump was Fox News, with 48% percent positive and 52% negative.<ref name="FoxFairBalanced"/> This shows that, contrary to liberal deception, Fox is indeed the fairest and most balanced mainstream news network in the U.S.

*Shaw, Adam (May 19, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/05/19/study-93-percent-cnn-nbcs-trump-coverage-negative/ Study: Media Coverage of Trump’s First 100 Days Set ‘New Standard For Negativity’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 19, 2017.</ref> However, the network with the most positive coverage of Trump was Fox News, with 48% positive and 52% negative.<ref name="FoxFairBalanced"/> This shows that, contrary to liberal deception, Fox is indeed the fairest and most balanced mainstream news network in the U.S.

#Liberal news anchor [[Katie Couric]] manipulated a recorded conversation with a gun rights organization (for a 2016 documentary) to make them appear they were stumped when asked a difficult question, when in fact, according to their own recording of the interview, they clearly answered the question.<ref>Hawkins, Awr (June 7, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/06/07/defamation-suit-katie-couric-edited-gun-control-doc-dismissed/ Katie Couric Beats Defamation Lawsuit over ‘Edited’ Gun Control Documentary]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.</ref>

#Liberal news anchor [[Katie Couric]] manipulated a recorded conversation with a gun rights organization (for a 2016 documentary) to make them appear they were stumped when asked a difficult question, when in fact, according to their own recording of the interview, they clearly answered the question.<ref>Hawkins, Awr (June 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/06/07/defamation-suit-katie-couric-edited-gun-control-doc-dismissed/ Katie Couric Beats Defamation Lawsuit over ‘Edited’ Gun Control Documentary]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.</ref>

#In 2019, left-wingers released at least one ad with an actor falsely claiming he regretted voting for Donald Trump in 2016 when, in reality, he did not vote at all that year.<ref>Boyer, Dave (December 27, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/27/gop-wants-apology-liberal-pac-over-regretful-trump/ GOP demands apology after liberal PAC features 'regretful' Trump voter who didn't vote in 2016]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 28, 2019.</ref>

==Quotes on Deceit==

==Quotes on Deceit==

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* "Do remember that dishonesty and [[cowardice]] always have to be paid for. Don’t imagine that for years on end you can make yourself the boot-licking [[propaganda|propagandist]] of the [[Soviet]] regime, or any other regime, and then suddenly return to mental decency. Once a whore, always a whore." [http://pages.interlog.com/~girbe/fonda.html]

* "Do remember that dishonesty and [[cowardice]] always have to be paid for. Don’t imagine that for years on end you can make yourself the boot-licking [[propaganda|propagandist]] of the [[Soviet]] regime, or any other regime, and then suddenly return to mental decency. Once a whore, always a whore." [http://pages.interlog.com/~girbe/fonda.html]

"To [[anger]] a [[conservative]], lie to him. To anger a [[liberal]], tell him the [[truth]]." - Anonymous

"To [[anger]] a [[conservative]], lie to him. To anger a [[liberal]], tell him the [[truth]]."Z - Anonymous

==Deceit in Religion==

==Deceit in Religion==

Deceit is prohibited by [[God]] in the [[Ten Commandments]]; the [[Old Testament]] says, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." [[Revelation]] 21:8 states that all liars will go to [[hell]]. [[Satan]] is described across [[religion]]s as the Father of Lies.

Deceit is prohibited by [[God]] in the [[Ten Commandments]]; the [[Old Testament]] says, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." [[Revelation]] 21:8 states that all liars will go to [[hell]]. [[Satan]] is described across [[religion]]s as the Father of Lies (and is specifically described as such by [[Jesus Christ]] in John 8:44).

===Biblical References===

===Biblical References===

* [[Cherry picking]]

* [[Cherry picking]]

* [[Half-truth]]

* [[Half-truth]]

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

== References ==

== References ==

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