Detecting a lie isn't about finding one single "smoking gun" phrase; it’s about noticing patterns of communication. While ...

Look up the word “lay” in that same dictionary, and you’ll see way down in the list of definitions that “lay” can be a synonym of “lie,” but only in “nonstandard” uses. The dictionary also includes ...

In a time when nearly half of Gen Z lies on their job applications — it’s no surprise that they’re also fibbing on their resume to land a job. While many Americans are riding the unemployed bus, one ...

There are different ways to be smart, as Harvard psychologist Dr. Howard Gardner proposed in 1983 with his theory of multiple intelligences. Gardner believed that there were 8 distinct types of ...

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. This statement is very relevant to today’s internet discourse. We had a President who practiced this bit ...

PolitiFact doesn’t take the word "lie" lightly. We use it just once a year. The word "lie," by definition, suggests an intent to deceive. And while we at PolitiFact sort through a lot of false and ...

President Donald Trump lies, but not everything he says is a lie. That's how CNN's Brian Stelter framed the debate over how the press should cover the president's false statements. Other WRAL Top ...