@Ivet It's an interesting question. I think there's a sense that our media is free-er than many and that this isn't really something the President would benefit from lying about. So while I am not celebrating Osama bin Laden's death, I also don't doubt it. Do elected officials lie? Absolutely. Senator Kyl lied about Planned Parenthood and abortion statics on the Senate floor recently. He was called out pretty quickly by among others <a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-april-11-2011/countdown-to-the-next-countdown---jon-kyl-s-planned-parenthood-statistics" rel="nofollow">Jon Stewart</a>.