Trustworthiness is key in journalism, yet some journalists intentionally deceive their audiences by fabricating sources or inventing. Verkkodrawing upon scholarship emerging in political communication studies, rhetoric studies, and related fields, this chapter provides an introduction to the issues of lying and. Verkkorets from publics, journalists and politicians using the strategy of ‘cover storying’. To develop a theory of cover storying, insights are drawn from political sociologies of. The premise of this study is. Verkkoacademic studies of lie detection and the interpersonal behavior of liars have proliferated over the last 60 years. We offer a brief history of the field’s. Verkkolies can have major consequences if undetected. Research to date has focused primarily on the consequences of deception for receivers once lies are. Verkkowe developed a deception detection paradigm for news headlines and conducted two online experiments to examine the extent to which people (1).