In many industries and fields, speaking the truth isn't well-received because lies align with the beliefs of the masses and serve the interests of those in power.
You're right, many tends to bend away from aligning to the truth because money, influence and power are all involved, you should check on any sector now, you will discover that once money is being involved, people will behave in strange manners far away from the truth, which is not supposed to be, all these are what sum up to corrupt practices by the people in the society we lived in today.
People now dare to call truth as false and lie as truth because of money. They lost their morality to money. They give up the honesty that exists in people due to the greed for money and power. Currently, this trend is not limited to just one institution or country but is behaving the same way all over the world. But people should move away from telling lies. Although they benefit temporarily from these lies, they do not get happiness spiritually.
It is true that the current political situation has reached such a stage that they use lies for power in a way that forces people to believe. Those whom people trust, especially the media, also betray people. However, here, even if there is a personal benefit, one can never be happy in his life. Moreover, there is no peace and order in society due to lies.