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Myths and falsehoods about health care reform

08/20/09 7:25 AM EDT
In Wash. Times op-ed, attorney says Palin's “death panel” claim is “dead-on” based on entirely unrelated Texas law

08/19/09 9:35 PM EDT
After repeated debunkings of “death panels,” conservative media backtrack to “de facto death panels”

08/19/09 5:28 PM EDT
Falsely claiming Pelosi “called us Nazis,” Limbaugh claims American people are “enemy of ... Democrat Party”

08/19/09 4:14 PM EDT
UPDATED REPORT: Conservative media push 75-year-old “socialized medicine” smear against health care reform

08/19/09 4:00 PM EDT
Limbaugh: "[W]e all know that Barney [Frank] patrols Uranus"

08/19/09 2:55 PM EDT
Reading FAIL: Hannity's claims to have “read the entire bill” undermined by falsehoods

08/19/09 2:50 PM EDT
Limbaugh repeats born alive falsehood, adds, “You can't get more pro-abort than” Obama

08/19/09 2:40 PM EDT
ABC's Cuomo gets scoop from DeLay: “I love dancing. ... You've got to love dancing if you're from Texas”

08/19/09 2:33 PM EDT
The Weekly Standard's John McCormack should quit while he's behind

08/19/09 2:24 PM EDT
Limbaugh repeats falsehood: “Nancy Pelosi called us all Nazis”

08/19/09 2:04 PM EDT
Limbaugh defends, advances Hitler, Nazi comparisons: “Why can we not use Hitler?”

08/19/09 2:03 PM EDT
After caller denounces “the Hitler moustaches, the Nazi talk,” Limbaugh claims, “It's not hurting us”

08/19/09 2:03 PM EDT
Farmers Insurance reportedly “ceased placing [ads] on Glenn Beck a week ago”

08/19/09 1:14 PM EDT
NBC's Costello butchers health care bill's tax on wealthy

08/19/09 9:36 AM EDT
Morris, Fox & Friends now claiming health care bill has “de facto death panel”

08/19/09 9:14 AM EDT
Luntz's “gambit”: Fearmongering that Obama is “declaring war on Medicare”

08/19/09 9:00 AM EDT
Now they tell us: ABC finally cites “health care experts” saying public option would keep costs down

08/18/09 4:59 PM EDT

Myths and falsehoods about health care reform

In Wash. Times op-ed, attorney says Palin's “death panel” claim is “dead-on” based on entirely unrelated Texas law

After repeated debunkings of “death panels,” conservative media backtrack to “de facto death panels”

Falsely claiming Pelosi “called us Nazis,” Limbaugh claims American people are “enemy of ... Democrat Party”

UPDATED REPORT: Conservative media push 75-year-old “socialized medicine” smear against health care reform

Limbaugh: "[W]e all know that Barney [Frank] patrols Uranus"

Reading FAIL: Hannity's claims to have “read the entire bill” undermined by falsehoods

Limbaugh repeats born alive falsehood, adds, “You can't get more pro-abort than” Obama

ABC's Cuomo gets scoop from DeLay: “I love dancing. ... You've got to love dancing if you're from Texas”

The Weekly Standard's John McCormack should quit while he's behind

Limbaugh repeats falsehood: “Nancy Pelosi called us all Nazis”

Limbaugh defends, advances Hitler, Nazi comparisons: “Why can we not use Hitler?”

After caller denounces “the Hitler moustaches, the Nazi talk,” Limbaugh claims, “It's not hurting us”

Farmers Insurance reportedly “ceased placing [ads] on Glenn Beck a week ago”

NBC's Costello butchers health care bill's tax on wealthy

Morris, Fox & Friends now claiming health care bill has “de facto death panel”

Luntz's “gambit”: Fearmongering that Obama is “declaring war on Medicare”

Now they tell us: ABC finally cites “health care experts” saying public option would keep costs down

Neo-Nazi collaborator Jack Posobiec goes on unhinged rant warning audience to prepare for a no-knock raid in the middle of the night

Jim Jordan is racking up right-wing media endorsements for his House speaker campaign

Oklahoma's top education official has a cozy relationship with BlazeTV host Steve Deace, who likens public schools to “Satan’s youth ministry”

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says that despite being unable to pay his lawyers, he will not settle lawsuits against him like the Fox and the Murdochs did

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