Hopeful lies or Hope full of lies

It was once 'lies, dammed lies and statistics' when it should be 'the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth' but this was before the time of fake news. It is sad to see that the retiring White House communications director, Hope Hicks has admitted thst she was at times required to tell white lies. There are no such things as lies of any color - a lie is a lie. There may be times when answers cannot be supplied for a number of reasons but this should be stated. The Pinocchios in government must have trouble keeping themselves balanced with the length of their extended wooden noses.