Right Wing Lie of The Day

hipsterdufus · 11-08-05, 07:55 PM

Feel free to add your own. There are plenty to choose from!

On The Situation with Tucker Carlson, author Alan Skorski falsely attacked Al Franken:

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On pages 67-71 of Lies (hardcover), Franken detailed O'Reilly's inconsistent positions. Franken offered three instances in which O'Reilly claimed that Inside Edition won Peabody Awards, such on the May 19, 2000, edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:

ARTHEL NEVILLE (former Fox News anchor): You hosted Inside Edition --

O'REILLY: Correct.

NEVILLE: -- which is considered a tabloid show.

O'REILLY: By whom?

NEVILLE: By many people.

O'REILLY: Oh, does that mean --

NEVILLE: And even you --

O'REILLY: -- we throw the Peabody Awards back?

NEVILLE: Even you -- even you would admit to that. Come on, now.

O'REILLY: No, I wouldn't.

NEVILLE: Come on, now.

O'REILLY: I would not.

NEVILLE: And despite your fight to be a hard-hitting journalist, some people would say you sold out.

O'REILLY: Well, they're crazy.

NEVILLE: You sold it.

O'REILLY: We won Peabody Awards.

NEVILLE: You got a lot of money, and you sold out.

O'REILLY: We won Peabody Awards.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200511090001

hipsterdufus · 11-08-05, 07:59 PM

Here's one from Monday.

Brooks falsely claimed Clinton and Reagan approval ratings "were in the 20s"

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On the November 4 broadcast of PBS' NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, New York Times columnist David Brooks falsely claimed that during their presidencies Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan saw their job approval ratings fall to "the 20s." During a discussion with nationally syndicated columnist Mark Shields, Brooks argued that President Bush's recent slide in the polls is "not irreversible. Clinton was much lower than Bush is now. Reagan was lower." When Shields countered, "Not in the job ratings," Brooks replied, "They [Clinton and Reagan] were in the 20s."

Bush's lowest approval rating to date was a 35-percent mark in a CBS News poll from October 30-November 1 (with a margin of error of +/-3 percent). According to the polling archive of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, Reagan's lowest approval rating was also 35 percent, in a Gallup Poll from January 28-31, 1983. The Roper Center lists Clinton's low at a 36 percent, according to a Yank/Time/CNN Poll from May 26-27, 1993.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200511070003

hipsterdufus · 11-08-05, 08:05 PM

And another one from Tuesday

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Fox Says White House Is Stunned By The Allegations Against One Of Their Own
I almost fell off of my chair when today on Studio B with Shepard Smith, correspondant Greg Kelly said that the White House was stunned by the allegations against one of their own.

He was filing a report on the new ethics classes that all of the White House staff is required to take sometime this week or next week. The classes are also supposed to tell the staff how they are supposed to handle classified material.

Having the administration take a class in ethics after 5 years in office just cracks me up. I'm STUNNED I tell you STUNNED.

http://www.newshounds.us/2005/11/08/...r_own.php#more

hipsterdufus · 11-08-05, 08:11 PM

Here's one from Hannity on Tuesday too.

Hannity Once Again Defends Swift Boat Veterans

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Dick Armey (R - Former House Majority Leader) and Geraldine Ferraro (D - Former Representative and Vice Presidential candidate) were interviewed on Hannity & Colmes last night to discuss the dirty campaigns that are being run in the New Jersey Gubernatorial election.

1. Hannity states the Veterans (Swift Boat Veterans) gave "eye-witness accounts of John Kerry". This seems almost impossible, since many of the members did not serve at the same time or same place as Kerry. Many of the claims the SBVT were proven to be false after the fact, and were simply smears on Kerry.

http://www.newshounds.us/2005/11/08/...erans.php#more

If you're still a Swifty Believer check start checking your facts, if that's important to you here:
http://www.factcheck.org/article231.html

Nezdragon · 11-08-05, 08:22 PM

Well, now we have to start up a thread called Left Wing Lie of the Day... I'll be done with it in a few years...

Deegan · 11-08-05, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Nez Dragon

Well, now we have to start up a thread called Left Wing Lie of the Day... I'll be done with it in a few years...

I think that about sums it up, nothing to see here, move along.

hipsterdufus · 11-08-05, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Nez Dragon

Well, now we have to start up a thread called Left Wing Lie of the Day... I'll be done with it in a few years...

Please do, I'm interested in the truth from both sides. This is just a lot more fun for me.

hipsterdufus · 11-08-05, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Deegan

I think that about sums it up, nothing to see here, move along.

That's right up there with "Pay no attention to the gay male prostitute lobbing softball questions to the President."

cnredd · 11-08-05, 08:54 PM

A Conservative tried this idiotic stunt not too long ago...

Some thought he was a dip****, too...

http://www.debatepolitics.com/showthread.php?t=3569 (Daily Liberal Media Bias Examples)

Nothing new...Just a Liberal saying to a Conservative, "I can be as stupid as you!"...

hipsterdufus · 11-08-05, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by cnredd

A Conservative tried this idiotic stunt not too long ago...

Some thought he was a dip****, too...

http://www.debatepolitics.com/showthread.php?t=3569 (Daily Liberal Media Bias Examples)

Nothing new...Just a Liberal saying to a Conservative, "I can be as stupid as you!"...

3 republican responses and not ONE refutes any charge, only name calling. Typical.

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