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submitted 7 months ago by intelshill@lemmy.ca to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 25 points 7 months ago (3 children)

"wrong" is not how you spell "a lie". Wrong is accidental. This is deliberate and calculated.

[–] catfish@programming.dev 8 points 7 months ago

and with the media as an accomplice

[–] Sidyctism@feddit.de 3 points 7 months ago

Wrong is just "not right". A lie is a knowingly wrongful statement. So it is " wrong" but most definitely also a "lie"

[–] Ooops@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

No, wrong is simply neutral and can mean both.

Which doesn't mean you aren't right on principle: we should be more precise and call it the lie it is.