The lack of even a mention of climate change during a presidential election filled with inane arguments and damaging half-truths shows that such leadership will not come from the White House, and probably not Congress either.
This is a little like decrying a conspiracy theory because it has damaged a sacred truth, instead of attacking the conspiracy theory as simply untrue.
It was rumoured that sniping about the liberties that Lee Daniels' The Butler took with the truth damaged the awards chances of a movie that had been seen as a hot contender earlier in the year.
For example, if property was damaged, tell the truth about what happened, but don't turn your story into a saga.
Is there a solution to the collateral damage to truth in a war of words and pictures?
"The truth is so important and secrecy is so damaging.
The numbers do not lie, even if they might damage an old lovable truth about the city and baseball: Most of the people who go to the games at Shea and Yankee Stadiums do not come from the city.
One group thought the network should cut its losses and let Williams go, saying his problems with the truth had damaged his reputation and the brand of NBC News.
The truth of the matter is that they are a high cost, damaging and ineffective selection device.
But an awkward silence or half-truth meant to keep the opacity of the details is damaging — it sends too dire a message and breeds distrust.
