COMMENT
Alie is halfway around the world before the truth has got its boots on. It's a well-known phrase. But a more accurate version would be: a confidently told lie is halfwat around the world before the truth has got its boots on.
Lies can travel so much quicker because we humans are far more likely to accept and believe information delivered confidently by a confident person, or some other source, using confident language. And as the modern world has repeatedly shown us, this regularly leads to undesirable outcomes.
