The opposite end of this is why it annoys me when people complain about politicians being liars. Of course politicians lie: a strong commitment to truth is very much against social norms and causes people to be bored at best and angry or creeped-out at worst. Politicians by the nature of their jobs must conform very strongly to social norms and so have to lie more egregiously when forced to answer &quot;simple questions&quot; on complex topics by people (journalists) whose profession incentivized them to create drama.