What lies do talking heads on TV repeat over and over without correction?

[murdoch]

There is a thread open which says that the lie that "there have been no attacks in the US since 9/11" is false - not only the anthrax ones but the shooting of an Israeli (El-Al) passenger line in LAX in 2002.

I hear these things over and over. Some of them are old. One is that the Democratic Congress cut off funding for South Vietnam in 1975. I would have preferred that they did, even though they say it like it's a bad thing, but they didn't. The congress approved the defense spending bill for 1975. At the last minute, when Saigon was falling, the White House asked for millions of more dollars, and that turned down. There were even memoirs later that admitted it was less about help and more a domestic political thing, so that "blame" could be laid on the Congress.

I can think of lots of things with major omissions - like talking about how Saddam gassed his own people, but not talking about how Reagan armed him before, during and after he did so, making one wonder why that's a justification for invasion twenty years later. But that's just an omission, a huge twisting of the truth, I'm looking for flat-out lies, like the "no attacks in the US since 9/11" one.

[Catshrink]

1. How about Libruls hate America?

That only repubs are patriotic -- that it's unpatriotic to question W.

[Dr.Phool]

2. Raygun won the cold war

[MadisonProgressive]

3. Just read any speech made by Bush or Cheney

[cyberpj]

4. THAT BUSH WAS ELECTED! nt

[cyberpj]

5. THAT BUSH WAS ELECTED! nt

[cyberpj]

6. THAT BUSH WAS ELECTED! nt

[democrank]

7. How about

Bush informed Congress on the domestic spy program. He didn`t.

[JuniperLea]

8. Saddam chose war

This, after admitting that the intelligence was flawed and there were no WMD.

[EST]

9. The latest lie-that even PBS' Lehrer got wrong and didn't

even bother to investigate--the flap over WaPo's bushbudsman and her lies about Abramoff and his contributions, along with her adamant refusal to tell the truth and trying to fingerpoint at indignant writers' pointing out her hypocracy. Lehrer turned it into a "poor bushbudsman: everybody attacking her (they didn't) and talking dirty."

Pbs/Lehrer now officially belongs to the dark side. Liars, liars, everywhere and not able to think.

[marmar]

10. Repugs and Dems took money from Abramoff...

:grr:

[Marnieworld]

11. Abramoff scandal is a bipartisan scandal

he gave to dems and repubs when that is a lie.

[Guckert]

12. What about 1,000 busses in N.O. that lay abandoned. Barf

When it was really only about 70 school busses with no drivers.

[snowbear]

13. "No one can touch Hillary in the Democratic primary"

[snowbear]

14. "Pre 9-11 Mind-set"

[sandnsea]

15. That Congress voted for Bush's war

He said at the time it was NOT a vote for war, but has gotten away with making Congress complicit in his march to war ever since.

[CottonBear]

16. They lie about everything that might damage Bush & his corporate masters.

That's all you need to know. Monitor them closely (Media Matters for America, Crooks and Liars, Newshounds, etc.) but get your real news from the alternative media like DU.

Peace.

CB

[Doctor_J]

17. What day is it?

they usually have a new one every two days.

[Cobalt Violet]

18. The economy is great.

[spooky3]

19. check mediamatters.org every single day

They have reports daily on lies or other problems in the corporate media reporting.

[Beth in VT]

20. "war on terror" meme ingrained without examining/questioning its meaning.

[cyberpj]

21. That Bush is smart. And hasn't turned everything he touches into shit. nt