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Gabi Hayes

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16. did you google to get that link, or just go to the site? I googled a bunch of

Reply to ProSense (Reply #14)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 05:52 PM

Dec 2011

media matters/politifact/medicare combinations today when I heard on CBS's morning show that the lie of the year was the above, wanting to see some response, but I didn't come up with that one.

thanks for that very apt description of the specifics on how ridiculous Politifact's 'case' for the biggest lie of the year was

as someone said in my reading today, what about Kyl's whoppo about 90+ percent of planned parenthood's budget going for abortions, then admitting that it wasn't intended as a factual statement. not much room for cutting semantic hairs on that one

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Krugman: Politifact, R.I.P. [View all] ProSense Dec 2011 OP

Thank you, Paul Richardo Dec 2011 #1

I didn't kill that guy. Jackpine Radical Dec 2011 #2

lol wakemewhenitsover Dec 2011 #27

Politifact's readers' poll put this "lie" in third for its Lie of the Year boxman15 Dec 2011 #3

Let's ProSense Dec 2011 #6

Politifact's lie should be #1. n/t deacon Dec 2011 #9

Ugh Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2011 #4

K & R. n/t FSogol Dec 2011 #5

The truth has a liberal bias. Laelth Dec 2011 #7

Q.E.D. WheelWalker Dec 2011 #21

Damn right. K + R deacon Dec 2011 #8

Yup, it's deliberate ProSense Dec 2011 #10

the St Pete Times has this on their front page today Enrique Dec 2011 #11

They get slammed secondvariety Dec 2011 #13

They're not so liberal anymore. Fuddnik Dec 2011 #18

PolitiFact’s Semantic Distinction of the Year: Ending Medicare (Time) ProSense Dec 2011 #12

Politifact's Flawed "Lie of The Year" Selection Only Encourages More Lying ProSense Dec 2011 #14

did you google to get that link, or just go to the site? I googled a bunch of Gabi Hayes Dec 2011 #16

Google. ProSense Dec 2011 #23

PolitiFact has failed a fact check and no longer should be considered a reliable source. AtomicKitten Dec 2011 #15

RIP PolitiFact otohara Dec 2011 #17

"Fair & Balanced" doesn't mean "make it all look balanced"... Beartracks Dec 2011 #19

why let facts get in the way of a perfectly good lie? BadGimp Dec 2011 #20

K&R....n/t unkachuck Dec 2011 #22

use the nonprofit FactCheck.org, without ties to a newspaper. alp227 Dec 2011 #24

FactCheck.org agrees with PolitiFact klook Dec 2011 #31

so what? just shows they're either just as blind/stupid/gullible as the average jamoke Gabi Hayes Dec 2011 #33

Here's Politifact's contact information. CBHagman Dec 2011 #25

The GOP has spent the last 6 months trying to deny the Ryan Plan they voted for. McCamy Taylor Dec 2011 #26

We bat 1000. vs Spineless Jerks Veracious Dec 2011 #28

This is exactly what Molly Ivins warned us about ... eppur_se_muova Dec 2011 #29

That is the same thing that happened to formerly "liberal" tblue37 Dec 2011 #30

I saw a report on the CBS morning show today about the middle class tax cuts deutsey Dec 2011 #32