| Perpetrator(s) |
Myth,
Lie, Deceit,
Bias, Denial or
just plain B.S.
on |
Proof
of Myth, Lying,
Deceit or Bias
provided by |
Date |
Most
recent
update? |
| Various |
Republicans
being
better for the
economy |
eRiposte
compilation |
Since
9/02 |
. |
Washington
Post,
others |
Democratic
Presidents
"breaking a tradition of
not criticizing previous
Presidents" |
Sean
Wilentz
The
New Republic
(via MWO)
|
8/01
|
Yes |
Right-wing
media
and GOP (e.g., Sean
Hannity) |
Tax cuts
result in "more
revenues"
(an attack on Democrats) |
As much as
one would think
the utter stupidity of this
does not have to be pointed
out, here we go:
Daily
Howler
|
1/03
|
Yes |
| Various |
Democrats
leaning more
to the left because of Nancy
Pelosi's election
Nancy Pelosi being
overly liberal
|
Mary
Lynn Jones
The
American Prospect
Daily
Howler
|
1/03
11/02
|
Yes |
| Various |
Democrats
"held up"
Homeland Security Bill |
Daily
Howler
|
11/02
|
Yes |
William
Safire (New York
Times)
Judy Woodruff (CNN) |
2004
Democratic
Presidential candidates
being the "Seven Dwarfs" |
Daily
Howler
|
1/03
|
Yes |
Various
right-wing
media and GOP party
members
(WSJ, Washington Times,
Faux News Channel) etc. |
Democratic
Party
"voter fraud" in
2002 |
Democratic
sponsored voter
fraud is unproven. Indeed,
in most cases the GOP is
implicated in the fraud.
New Hampshire
Talking
Points Memo
ABC
News
Union Leader
(through Atrios)
South Dakota
Josh
Marshall
Talking Points Memo
1
, 2,
3
South Dakota,
Minnesota
Brendan Nyhan
Spinsanity
Connecticut
USA
Today
Arkansas
Pine
Bluff Commercial
E. J. Dionne
Washington
Post
Texas
The
Monitor
Florida
Greg Palast
Salon
Various states
John Judis
The
New Republic
|
Various
|
Yes
.
|
| Right-wing
media/groups |
Former
Clinton Treasury
Secretary Robert Rubin
involved in Enron
wrongdoing |
Paul
Krugman
Peter Behr
Washington
Post |
7/02
1/03 |
Yes |
Kellyanne
Conway
(Washington Journal)
Tucker Carlson and
Margaret Carlson (CNN)
Peggy Noonan on
Faux News Channel
Chris Matthews (MSNBC) |
Democrats
vis-a-vis
Wellstone memorial
Trent Lott "shouted
down" at Wellstone's
memorial; 20000 people
booing; booing
arranged by Democrats;
"politicized event";
MN fed up with
Democrats |
Daily
Howler
1,
2,
3 |
10/02
1/03
|
. |
Right
wing media (first),
then others |
National
Education
Association's
stance on 9/11 |
Brendan
Nyhan
Spinsanity,
Salon |
5/02 |
. |
Various,
incl. George Will,
WSJ, John Leo (US News
&WR) |
Liberal
bias of America's
University professors |
Martin
Plissner
TAPPED
(debunks American Enterprise
study - based on highly
biased sample) |
12/02 |
. |
| Right-wing
media |
Democratic
takeover
of Senate in 2001
"illegitimate" |
Brendan
Nyhan
Spinsanity |
5/01 |
. |
| Right-wing
media |
New York
Times being
a "liberal" biased
newspaper |
Eric
Alterman
The
Nation
eRiposte
See what they did
to Clinton
and Gore |
1/02 |
Yes |
| Mostly
right-wing media |
All
proponents of Global
Warming - especially
Democrats/Liberals
(attacking the view that
global warming is real) |
eRiposte
Bryan
Keefer
Spinsanity
|
1/02
4/01
|
Yes
|
