What a disappointment. In a year absolutely filled with blatant, outrageous right wing Big Lies, Politifact picks as their "Lie of the Year" something that's actually a true statement: Lie of the Year 2011: 'Republicans voted to end Medicare'. Simply put, I don't buy their rationale. And in fact, their own ...
For more information on the dustup among Jon Stewart, Fox News, and Politifact, here's Politifact's original piece on Stewart's claim that Fox News viewers are more misinformed than viewers of other networks: PolitiFact | Jon Stewart says those who watch Fox News are the 'most consistently misinformed media viewers'. When many ...
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Politifact.com has selected their Lie of the Year for 2010: the Republican attack line that the government is taking over health care. By selecting "government takeover' as Lie of the Year, PolitiFact is not making a judgment on whether the health care law is good policy. The phrase is simply not ...