Blog Whoops: PolitiFact’s ‘Lie of the Year’ Turns Out to Be True Share This Post Government / National News / Politics Whoops: PolitiFact’s ‘Lie of the Year’ Turns Out to Be True By redkudzu_admin on January 18th 2013 No Comments / 218 views Last month, PolitiFact selected its “Lie of the Year.” Given PolitiFact’s dubious record of singling out Republicans for lying far more often than Democrats, you probably could have guessed the winner of this particular sweepstakes was a Mitt Romney campaign ad: It was a lie told in the critical state of Ohio in the final days of a close campaign — that Jeep was moving its U.S. production to China. It originated with a conservative blogger, who twisted an accurate news story into a falsehood. Then it picked up steam when the Drudge Report ran with it. Even though Jeep’s parent company gave a quick and clear denial, Mitt Romney repeated it and his campaign turned it into a TV ad. And they stood by the claim, even as the media and the public expressed collective outrage against something so obviously false. Read more… Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Login with: Continue with Facebook Continue with Google Continue with Twitter Election Share This Post redkudzu_admin The goal of this site is to give information. Whether from national sites or locally in Georgia. Related Articles Mike Crane with Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green GA-14 April 10th 2022 OUR VIEW: Former insiders dish on Secretary of State office June 30th 2021 Election Workers Scored Thousands of GA Ballots Rejected by Voting Machines, Hand-Picked Votes: Report August 21st 2021