We have all experienced the public lie that goes unchallenged. It may be baldly untrue but somehow accepted as the basis for action with life and death consequences. Some of our experience of public lies may be based on differences in values or perceptions, but sometimes what is said just simply violates the facts—this is disheartening and drives people out of public participation. - See more at: http://www.nonprofitkinect.org/article/5077-nonprofit-truth-telling-the-organizational-importance-of-honesty#sthash.3sV04mEf.dpuf