Shooting the messenger

Ever been in a position where you had a job to do, and in the process of getting it done, you got shot for it?

It's really stupid, isn't it? C'mon, we're a go-between for two sides that cannot work directly. So what happens if one side tells only half the truth, and the other expects the whole truth?

We give them half of what's told to us, or make up the balance and get the happy message across?

Seems which ever way I choose to do it, the result's still the same.

Bloody politics.