“Truth twisting” is a step-up from yesterday’s oft used “he misspoke” — a preferred journalistic construct being employed so as not to come right out and say he LIED!
Misspoke:
deceive
mislead
misrepresent
promote
beguile
bs
bull
con
concoct
delude
dissemble
dissimulate
distort
dupe
equivocate
exaggerate
fabricate
fake
falsify
fib
forswear
frame
fudge
invent
malign
misguide
misinform
misspeak
misstate
overdraw
palter
perjure
pervert
phony
plant
prevaricate
snow
soft-soap
victimize
be untruthful
bear false witness
break promise
go back on
make believe
misinstruct
put on
put up a front
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The White House Press Corps should serenade Obama with “You cheated, You lied. You said that you loved me”.