Lies and Liars

I had a very lifelike dream last night, you know the kind I mean. The dream was hard to tell it was one. I thought I was awake but wasn't. Anyhow, the part of the dream I remembered in addition to the fact that I thought I was awake was the part about lying. I was having a discussion with someone about what a lie is. I remember very clearly focusing in on the lie being based on a deliberate decision to make an untrue statement as if it were true. Making an untrue statement without knowing it's untrue is not lying, it's being careless about facts or too lazy to check or too trusting in the source of your information. The liar knows that the information is not true or accurate or complete. The liar knows this and speaks the lie. Are you a liar or lazy or too trusting in the source?? If you keep spreading the information without checking then you are probably a gossip.