EXOD834 Avoid not only outright lies, but also exaggerations that listeners might think are literally true. (This is implied by the wording of [this verse]. People often violate this command and try to prove a point through exaggeration. For example, I heard a talk show host making the case for the superiority of the two-parent family. To bolster his argument, he said that 99% of teenage violent crime is committed by young males raised without a father at home. But this is not accurate; the percentage is substantially less. The host feared, as many of us do, that the truth alone would not convince others; it needed to be "helped along." Such hyperbole is not only wrong, it also undercuts the speaker's credibility among those who are aware of the inaccuracy.