Liar Liar - Part 2

When powerful people are caught lying it makes the news. For her special report Liar Liar Tracie Bettenhausen talks to various experts, on our motivations for lying. (Tracie Bettenhausen): Do you lie? If you’re breathing, you probably do. And it seems dishonesty is taking up a good piece of network news time these days. (Reporter): Ask strangers if they lie and they're honest about it. I'll make fibs up to get myself out of doing stuff. If I would say no now, would that be lying? (laugh) Yes, I do. (Reporter): You do lie? To my parents. The best lie is the one not told. I think lying, it can cause a lot of problems. That just complicates life. Oh, I'm definitely a good liar. (Kermit Culver/First United Methodist Church): I think God's against it, God doesn't like it. God's against it. (Reporter): Pastor Kermit Culver says whether the lie is big or small, it's a sin. (Kermit Culver): Lying is an act, or an action. It's something that someone does. I think God is more concerned about honesty, as a life value, or philosophy of life. (Reporter): Culver says it's our American culture politics and 24-hour news media that's making lying okay. Here's a look back... People need to stop hiding the facts, and tell the truth and the whole truth. (Alberto Gonzalez): I never sought to mislead or decieve the Congress or the American people. (Kevin Tillman): There was one small problem with the narrative, however. It was utter fiction. (Jessica Lynch): I'm still confused as to why they choose to lie and try to make me a legend. (George W. Bush): The dictator of Iraq is not disarming. To the contrary. He is deceiving. Fraud proven in the case against Enron founder Ken Lay... (Bill CLinton): I want you to listen to me. I'm going to say this again. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky. (Richard Nixon): I welcome this kind of examination, because people have got to know whether or not their President's a crook. Well I'm not a crook. I've ea...