I find any statements from Fox to be dubious.  Personally I think there is some credibility to this though, depending on personality I'm sure some types will lie more than others. 

For example, I am guilty of uttering "little white lies" to strangers for purposes of shortening a conversation on occasion, but when I'm having an in-depth conversation with my wife I'll avoid lying if at all possible
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Depends on how you define "lie", but I still don't believe it.
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Very ironic...Fox...lies...misleading statistics....

After all, Fox has had to go to court to protect themselves of their ow lies before, and the court ruled in Fox' favour saying "falsifying news is not against the law" and that is how Fox is able to stay on the air, they have earned the right to lie to their audience to protect their advertisers...Which they do more often then not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcjzdoiL0j4

So it doesn't matter if the statistic is true or not, there is no need for Fox to tell the truth, they can just make this stuff up and air it.
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http://www.mindfully.org/GE/Akre-Wilson-Fox-TV2apr98.htm

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What if we define lie as "deliberately answering a question in a way that is more convenient/less painful than the truth would be." I think in that case that all deliberate lies fit - outright lies, lies of omission, little white lies, semantic lies ("Did I sleep with that woman? No....we never did actually *sleep*....")

If you take that broad definition, then yeah, it's reasonable to think that people lie that frequently. Those that do not admit it are typically just using their own custom definition of what it means to lie. I personally am I follower of the "lie of omission" school - when I have a chicken club sandwich and a bag of Doritos for lunch, and my wife asks what I had for lunch today, the answer is "a chicken club sandwich." That is entirely a half-truth of convenience, so that I (who is supposed to be on a diet) does not get "the look". :)
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Just observation, though I will seize the extra text box to quote Norm Macdonald:

You ever lie for no reason at all? Just all of sudden, a big lie spills out of your evil head. Like a guy will come up to you, 'Hey, did you ever see that movie with Meryl Streep and a horse?' And you go, 'Yes.' In the back of your head, you're like, 'What am I lying about over here? I stand to gain nothing by this lie.'

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I've just asked the man on the Moon this question and he says; 'Yes, but a con-man will never lie'.

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