Monday, September 28, 2009

Would I lie to you...

Have you ever seen the US TV drama show "Lie to Me"? It's one of my favorites. In it a fictious team of consultants trained to detect deception in the tiniest discrepancies in the human face, body and voice solve crimes for everyone from the kid next door to the Department of Homeland Security. It's pretty ingenious really and one can't help testing yourself to see if you see what the actors are scripted to see. And of course, everyone who deos watch it thinks because of it they're an expert in detecting deception in others.

Including me.

I happened to see a news clip from Philadelphia news the other day. In it, the founder of the Community Academy Charter School, Mr Joseph Proietta, was commenting on the fact the feds had swooped down upon their offices and seized financial records. An honest-to-god Lie-to-me moment came in a bit of the interview on TV in the actions of Mr Proietta as he states, "...I'm confident [shaking his head] when everything is said and done that there is not going to be found anything [sic], any wrongdoing [nodding his head] ."

And from my extensive watching of "Lie to Me" season one? Ooooo! Somebody is in trouble...

- Farmer Ted

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