Some of us call misinforming, manipulating the facts, omitting facts and other kinds of deceit, “lying”. Others don’t consider it to be lying. I also found that there are people who have lied so much and for so long that they don’t even realize that they do it.
We, though, call them as we see them. Liars.
Professional politician is a synonym.
Ted told many lies of omission;
“Also known as a continuing misrepresentation, a lie by omission occurs when an important fact is left out in order to foster a misconception. Lying by omission includes failures to correct pre-existing misconceptions.”