Thanks for that thoughtful feedback to the article. Readers might also be interested in the article 'The Ethics of Lying in the Public Interest', by authors Lynn Pasquerella and Alfred Killilea. Hopefully the link will work, but if not, simply search-engine the title. I think that telling the truth may not be always in the public interest and that not telling the truth may be morally justifiable, but such exceptions need to be carefully scrutinized. James Page. Link: https://www.mtholyoke.edu/sites/default/files/president/docs/EthicsofLying.pdf which argues that lying can be in the public interest.

Dr J Page, I find one of the many reasons for lying is expediency.
Politicians have perfected the art of lying and have given it a name; Political Correctness.
It is expedient for them because when having a discussion or promoting something to the public he will invariably find himself at odds with approx half the audience or public.
To get his message across as quickly as possible with little or no questions or objections, he uses PC thereby saying what the public want to hear and yet also saying what he wanted to say.
Is telling the truth in the public interest?
The answer is not a simple yes or no.
It is both, every situation is unique.

Information is in the public interest if it
assists in the proper functioning of a
democracy. By that I mean if it includes
disclosing information that helps people to
better comprehend or make decisions on
matters of public importance. A democracy requires
its citizens to be able to make informed choices.
If citizens or their representatives are denied
access to the information they need to make these
choices, or if they are given false or
misleading information, the democratic process
may become a sham.

It is therefore important that the media not be
censored, that citizens have the right of free
speech, and that public officials tell the truth.

Therefore defining public interest - as including
but not confined to - detecting and exposing crime,
serious impropriety, protecting public health and
safety, and preventing the public from being
misled by an action or a statement of an
individual or organisation all matter.

Of course society should constantly redefine
what the public interest entails. It changes
over time. For example decades ago it was assumed
that there was a public interest in knowing
what religion an MP was, whether he was gay,
but little interest on whether he drove home
drunk or bashed his wife. Times have changed.
And it will continue to do so. And so it should.

In an age of virtue signalling their appears to be very little appetite for truth these days. The feminist/Marxist believe or at least demonstrate that. Anyone with any real interest in science could not possibly believe the gw lies and scams. Maybe deceived people are incapable of embracing truth. They hung Truth personified on a cross mainly because He exposed those living a lie. Nothing has changed.

runner,

"Judge not ..."

runner,

Do you even know what Marxism and Feminism are about, or
for that matter do you know any Marxists and Feminists?

And why are you putting your own guilt trip onto others.