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NBC and CBS sent film crews to Trace Middle School to meet with the student protesters, as well as with faculty members. Roy lay low, but he later heard from Garrett that Miss Hennepin had given an interview in which she praised the kids who took part in the lunchtime protest and claimed she'd encourage them to participate. Roy was always amused when grownups lied to make themselves look more important. (Epilogue.10)
Unfortunately this happens in real life, too. Lying and deceiving are close relatives in the falsehood family. And what Miss Hennepin is doing is just that. She's trying to make herself come across as more supportive than she actually is.