lies, fabrications, exaggerations, inventions, and fibs

The anchor of Al-Arabiyya (the news station of King Fahd's brother-in-law) asked her source in Damascus on the air yesterday: so was there a demonstration in Damascus today?  And he answered her: not one demonstration.  There were 65 demonstration.  Kid you not.  The answer so pleased the station that they made the number a headline of their coverage.