Lies

Is Team Obama Finally Ready to Fight?

John Neffinger | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics


John Neffinger

Will Team Obama find its groove and come out swinging? Will a progressive 527 appear with memorable ads to save the day? It's hard to know --but this ad is a start.

Dear Barack: When They Lie, Call Them Liars

Steve Almond | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics


Steve Almond

Next time someone asks what you think of Sarah Palin, please don't just call her a "skilled politician" with a "compelling biography." Call her a liar, too. Here's how that would work.

How to Stop the Smears Against Obama

Robert Greenwald | Posted 09.14.2008 | Media


Robert Greenwald

FOX will escalate its gross misrepresentations of Obama, and we know from painful past experience that some in the corporate media will spread FOX's canards by presenting them as fact.

McCain's "Tax and Spend" Bogeyman

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 09.09.2008 | Home


Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose Jack Kemp has written what, to me, is a stellar piece of propaganda over at Town Hall. It's called Obama Versus McCain on the Econ...

Friday Talking Points [42] -- Get Up, Stand Up, Barack

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

I have to assume if you're reading this that you're sick of the Olympics already. Wow, that was fast. Is NBC's coverage going to be twice as bad as ...

"Global Warming Swindle" Movie Not Quite Offensive Enough For Regulators

DotEarth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 07.30.2008 | Green


When "The Great Global Warming Swindle" aired on British television last year, it was billed by its producers, Wag TV, as "the definitive response to ...

Focus on the Fallacies of James Dobson

Wayne Besen | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics


Wayne Besen

When James Dobson cites research or statistics in this election cycle, news reporters have an obligation to check with the actual researchers who conducted the studies.

Politics on The Couch: July 4, 2008 -- It's The Truth that Sets Us Free

Justin Frank | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics


Justin Frank

As we celebrate Independence Day, we acknowledge that the only way to become truly independent is to speak truth to power, as the Founding Fathers did in 1776.

McCain's New Strategy: Do Unto the American People What Lieberman Did Unto Connecticut

Paul Abrams | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics


Paul Abrams

The key message McCain will try to convey is that he too wants to end the Iraq War, as committed to it as, well, Joe Lieberman was when he lied his way to re-election during his 2006 Senate campaign.

Arianna Huffington: The Latest Victim Of John McCain's Surge In Lies And Smears

Cliff Schecter | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics


Cliff Schecter

McCain got a story killed in a large newspaper in the UK about my book. Here is an email from the reporter providing me with the details of his campaign's attack on my character.

The Bush White House: Sex, Lies And Videotape (Except No Sex Or Videotape)

236.com: News You Can Misuse | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


According to a newly published study conducted by two nonprofit journalism organizations, President Bush and administration officials made 935 false s...

How I Lied On Kids Say The Darndest Things

Oneforthetable.com | Laraine Newman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


When I was 4 years old I was on Kids Say The Darndest Things with Art Linkletter. My folks told me the teacher in our Nursery School recommended me. W...