That's to CNN's credit. If Trump and his administration followed CNN's lead they would fire themselves.

Even with that caveat Trump and his cronies do plenty of lying.

they lie because that's all they know how to do. aka tRump.

there are people, such as tRump, that are habitual liars.

That's all they know.

I dated a woman years ago that was a pathological liar. She had a hard time separating reality from her very weir brand of fiction.

So no, i don't think intent or consciousness is required to lie.

When caught out, someone who has told an "untruth" says, "Oh, I had bad information. I retract my untruthful statement." When they are caught and instead of correcting or retracting, they push all in, then it's a lie.

A lie includes an intent to deceive.

If I mistakenly say that I weigh 180 pounds, it is an untruth because I weigh 200 pounds. But it is not a lie since it was merely a mistake on my part, and I had no intent to deceive.