I don't know how this is a lie or untruth, even in jest. In a language that exposes memory management directly of course you can manually traverse an array.
It's just a different way of looking at C that might resonate with someone new to the language and the idea of exposed memory. There's no "lying" but by framing it like a story or an evil conspiracy it might make it interesting or fun enough to stick when a clinical description might not for many students.
