Lies, Deceit, Fraud, Falsehood and Misrepresentation.
hoax n. An act intended to deceive or trick, either as a practical joke or as a serious fraud.Last Monday, the wire services, cable news stations and Web sites reported that the U.S. Chamber fo Commerce had recanted its opposition to climate-change legislation. Daniel Henninger of the Wall Street Journal wrote:It was a hoax. Incredibly (well maybe not so incredibly), the hoax was perpetrated by an activist group in a room at the National Press Club in Washington in front of reporters who’ve ri
