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Clinton was also being deceptive, Harwood says, when he denied having an "improper relationship" with Lewinsky.
However, good-government groups, like Common Cause and the Center for Public Integrity, emphasize that these figures , based on reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, are deceptive . They exclude donations to state parties that are transferred to both federal and nonfederal candidates.
It bothers most of us that not all language use is fair or ethical, that it may be deceptive or an outright lie, or what we perceive as a mistake or usage error.
Closer inspection of the illustration accompanying the piece, purporting to be of Clinton's schedule for one week in June 1996, reveals that it is deeply deceptive.
Even today, the SEC continues to limit the kinds of forward-looking statements companies can make, out of a desire to protect individual investors--whom it considers less serious and financially responsible--from potentially deceptive statements.