There's nothing wrong with talking points, but when the talking points are designed to disguise or misrepresent the truth, that's wrong.

All the victims accused church officials of having 'passed the buck, misrepresented the truth, engaged in cover-up and shamelessly procrastinated'.

In the extreme case, red top tabloids have been accused of lying or misrepresenting the truth to increase circulation.

He misrepresented the truth on several occasions and the entirely truthful majority of his statements won him few advocates in the country at large, where he remained almost universally despised.