Were They Lying Spyers or Spying Liars?

I didn't realize until doing sermon prep today that the ten spies who spied out Canaan lied to the people. Canaan was most certainly not a "land that devours its inhabitants", and I bet there weren't any giants, either. They brought back a big bunch of grapes on a pole, then told everybody to ignore it. Reminds me of that old Groucho Marx quip, "Who ya gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?" 

Crazy fear will drive us to break every rule in the book.