Comforting lies

It's said that most people prefer comforting lies to uncomfortable truths.

Of course we all know children do this when the truth is too terrifying to face.  By contrast, we hope that at least a fifth of all adults will be mentally tough enough to name and face uncomfortable truths, whatever they may be.

If we're *reeeally* lucky, those are the folks who will end up leading the country.  

By contrast--again--leaders who refuse to recognize an uncomfortable truth (i.e. reality) would seem to have a hard time formulating policies to deal with that reality.

Of course it's easy to understand why so many adults prefer to embrace the comforting lie instead of an uncomfortable truth:  They believe doing so will make the comfortable lie real.  "Wishing will make it so."

Sure it will, dearie.

Do you know any uncomfortable truths that the U.S. media is ignoring in favor of a comforting lie?

Know any politicians who've supported that deception in order to get re-elected?