https://twitter.com/ListKeeper/status/411250973017792512
We and others have slammed PolitiFact before for being biased. And for good reason — it is biased. Last year’s “Lie of the Year” went to a truthful Mitt Romney ad about Jeep sending production to China. Curiously, this year’s Lie of the Year was originally rated — well into the 2012 campaign — as “half-true.”
That’s right: “If you like your plan, you can keep it” is PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year for 2013. And seriously, with millions of insurance plans canceled, how could it not be? Which half of “If you like your plan, you can keep it” was true again?
Congratulations .@BarackObama and Senate Democrats for winning @PolitiFact #LieOfTheYear. #ObamaCare pic.twitter.com/IXMYRJlg5q
— The Senate Majority (@NRSC) December 12, 2013
Beautiful.
https://twitter.com/AndrewStilesNRO/status/411255535183224832
No, we don’t have to play that game anymore. President Obama’s promise was an outright lie. Even PolitiFact can’t spin that.
Will next year's PolitiFact Lie of the Year be "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor"?
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 12, 2013
It certainly could be, once we’ve seen the full extent of the damage done by Obamacare. How many more doctors will announce they’re being forced out of practice?
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/411251732488806400
“@NathanWurtzel: I feel like this is the first award Obama has truly deserved. #LieOfTheYear”
Ditto!— Danilo Brack (@branco09) December 12, 2013
Townhall’s Guy Benson does the math: add one PolitiFact “half-truth” (you can keep your plan) to another Politifact half-truth (you will keep your health insurance) and you have yourself the makings of one whopper of a Lie of the Year.
#cred RT @lachlan: Half-true http://t.co/nEMbLs30jO
Half-true http://t.co/MLuVKv2YUI
LIE OF THE YEAR http://t.co/uKO9IY1aBA
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) December 12, 2013
Let’s not give PolitiFact too much credit for giving in to the inevitable.
Politifact had no choice but to name that the lie of the year. They're still fucking hacks.
— RBe (@RBPundit) December 12, 2013
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