A Study of Honesty (12-1-14)
It’s interesting to watch the reporter talk about the incident he recorded. While we don’t know which way the bullets went, we can be certain that he is telling the truth.
Is this what you would expect for an honest response?
He remembers the incident literally with his body!
He remembers the intention of his question, and even some imaginary wording for it, but not what he actually asked. That’s interesting.
I noticed when he said “that zipping sound” he imitated it a bit with the way he said it. Also, he appeared, to me, to be “going back” to the experience. At first, he means to talk about it, but it really affects him as he does, and he relives it.
In my job many times I have been accused of lying by managers looking to hang whoever they can. It always surprises me when I tell the complete truth and they call me a liar. I usually have lots of detail and can fully explain things, there’s not much I don’t know about the question they ask. It always seems that being perpetually vague and not able to be quick and consistent with answers is a clue to deceit.
Many times, too much detail causes people to think you are making up a story or adding to a story. That is one of the things we look for in discerning truth from untruths. That is not to say you are doing this, but it could be a reason for people to think you are being untruthful. Having said that, I think people are so dishonest these days that it causes people to look for lies where none exist. It is always surprising to me, also, when people think I am lying, so the surprise you feel may show that you are a very honest person. Dishonest people aren’t surprised when people doubt them.
Wow. You say it “always surprises me”. It has happened more than once??? That would make me uncomfortable to say the least.
The company is huge, there is every type of manager. We get the good, the bad, the ugly. Though I’m not concerned, because I have never been singled out, the mini interrogations when they have been done were basically done on everyone. I assume it’s just the way that person is.
I believe the reporter. He doesn’t feel the need to embellish his story, but he is definitely feeling the moment.
You say he is honest, but if you hadn’t, I would have pegged him as questionable. There is little emotion of his face. When he answered the woman he is interviewing, he doesn’t sound panicked to me. Also, I’m having trouble with “my body went stiff” and “after I hid behind the car”. Which was it, a stiff body or did you move with the speed of light to take cover? So, since I obviously read him all wrong, would you kindly point out which parts show his honesty?
His story flows effortlessly. He doesn’t show any thinking clues…
True. But if he had his “facts” straight, or even orchestrated the shoots for publicity, wouldn’t his story flow without having to think too much also?
I would want evidence that he showed some behavior that he orchestrated this to question otherwise. I saw nothing in the video to suggest that. I rely on behavioral evidence.
Speculations without evidence can be dangerous. And rarely do thing happen that are orchestrated where evidence doesn’t reveal itself at some point. It’s plausible so if this was an investigation, I would gather more facts to be sure.
Thanks, Eyes.
I was a bit puzzled with his long pause after he heard the first shot because he seemed to be thinking carefully during that pause. Do you have any comment on that Eyes?
I saw him wanting to keep himself from getting emotional.
Seems an honest response. His efforts are focused on conveying accuracy in his responses. Everything about him says “I want to tell the truth”. What convinces me is the rythmical “When I heard the first shot” pause, pushes past the moment, then a seamless recount of his reaction to the sound, immediate understanding of what it was, and a fair assessment of how much danger he was in. Would be nice if we heard the interviewers questions too.