Friday, December 17, 2010

The Lie Of The Year

"Government Takeover" of Health Care Called "Lie of the Year" - Political Hotsheet - CBS News:

"...The claim that the health care overhaul bill reflects a "government takeover of healthcare" has won the "lie of the year" award from the fact-checking website Politifact.com.

The Pulitzer Prize winning website, which is associated with the St. Petersburg Times, noted in announcing the award that "it is inaccurate to call the plan a government takeover because it relies largely on the existing system of health coverage provided by employers..."

2 comments:

billy pilgrim said...

sounds like it was a poor year for lies.

there has to be a better on than that.

Bob Harrison said...

Not as much as 08 I don't think but there were plenty of "contendas".