Have you ever gone through a stop sign without coming to a complete stop? Was that dishonesty?

You can absolutely lie through omission, I just don't see evidence that that is a better hypothesis than corner cutting in this particular case. I am open to more evidence coming out. I wouldn't be shocked to hear in a few days that there was other bad behavior from this author. I just don't see those facts in evidence, at this moment. And I think calling it malice departs from the facts in evidence.

Presumably keeping to the facts in evidence is important to us all, right? That's why we all acknowledge this as a significant problem?