The Consequences of Repeated Government Lying

The Consequences of Repeated Government Lying

In fast-moving crises, early official statements often become the scaffolding on which public judgment is built. Sometimes those statements turn out to be accurate. But sometimes they do not. When the public repeatedly experiences the same sequence – confident claims, partial disclosures, shifting explanations, delayed evidence, lies – the damage can outlast any single incident. The post The Consequences of Repeated Government Lying appeared fir…