"Another trick some use is to ask a question implying some falsehood without actually stating it (e.g. "What if..."). They strongly infer the lie while carefully parsing their choice of words so they can maintain deniability. Technically, they haven't actually claimed the misstatement to be true (they just asked a question, after all), but they've accomplished their purpose and left people believing it's so."
Tucker "Fishsticks" Carlson uses that all the time, and his gullible fans just eat it up. And since he says some form of "I'm just asking the question...", he gives himself plausible deniability when people ac c use him of lying. He thinks he's really smart. He's not. That stunned look on his face is there for a reason. |