If her communication style includes reliability, inquisitiveness, and assertiveness, then you will rarely end up in pointless, tangential arguments.

To do that effectively, she helps people ask and answer the question, Is the person I’m interacting with trying to hurt me? Or do they actually mean well?

The Friendly Journalist Method™ doesn’t focus on making your lie detection skills better; it focuses on making their lie-telling skills worse. How do we do that?