John F. Kennedy
When John F. Kennedy was president, he had Ambassador Stevenson present fake photos to “prove” the Bay of Pigs was not a CIA action but the work of disaffected Cubans. The photos were quickly exposed as forgeries. Adlai Stevenson, who had been misinformed by the White House, was publicly humiliated and the United States embarrassed.
Politicians are notorious for their lies, but are by no means the only liars. Every adulterer who tries to keep his affairs secret from his wife is in the same category and so are newsmen and newswomen who fake their stories, ignore crucial details, or spin events to make them mean the opposite of what they really mean. Businesses which promise quality that is lacking in their products are liars. Moviemakers who ignore the consequences of sin also practice deception. All such falsehood is an abomination to God. It suppresses the truth.
When God showed the world through Jesus Christ how He would behave as a man, one of his chief characteristics was truth. Thus Jesus went so far as to declare, “I am the way, the truth, and the life,” and asserted to Pilate, “For this reason I came into the world, to testify to the truth.” Little wonder that God called from heaven, “This is my beloved Son in whom I am well-pleased.