Reply #5: They have lost their credibility.

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And are therefore irrelevant.

BTW, this claim is no longer a finalist. Politifact has indeed selected this true assertion as the lie of the year.

I've been suspicious of them for awhile now, ever since they gave Obama credit for keeping his promise to get our troops out of Iraq in 16 months. He didn't. I challenged them on that one, citing quotes with accompanying links. Yet they didn't bother to reply or revisit their ruling.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/politifact-r-i-p/">Paul Krugman - Politifact, R.I.P.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_12/politifact_ought_to_be_ashamed034211.php">Steve Benen - PolitiFact ought to be ashamed of itself

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/12/trouble-with-politifact.html">Johnathan Chait - The Trouble With Politifact

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2011/12/20/paul_ryan_conquers_politifact.html">David Weigel - Paul Ryan Conquers PolitiFact