In politics it has become common to "spin" a story to shade it in the direction most favorable to the spinning party.
Once it was used primarily for minor shading during election campaigns.
Later it became more common for media analysts to spin.
After that biased media and elected officials started spinning the truth.
We have now reached the point where bald faced lies are common for the commander in chief and anyone in his administration. The books are cooked on employment and other relevant national statistics and it is all considered "spin".
The information we are getting is not much better than the Russians get from their government.
Didn't somebody say something about an informed electorate being necessary to have a democracy?
Are the people lying to us guilty of treason?
The more they lie the closer we need oversight of them.
With today’s technology it should be possible to fully observe and listen to every move they make.