They’re Not Even Pretending To Tell The Truth Anymore
by digby
Greg Sargent has yet another example of a lying campaign ad financed by a shadowy right wing group:
The ad claims health reform means “$500 billion in Medicare cuts.” But Politifact found that “the law does not take $500 billion out of the current Medicare budget.”
The ad claims health reform means “thousands of new IRS agents.” But Factcheck.org pronounced that assertion “wildly misleading.”
As for the claim of “jail time for anyone without coverage,” the original bill passed by the House did provide for possible criminal prosection of those who evade the tax imposed on those who don’t get mandated coverage. But FactCheck.org says the Senate nixed that provision, and the final bill Obama signed said folks will not be subject to criminal prosecution.
I’m beginning to see why all these wealthy donors are afraid something might happen to them if it’s revealed they are financing these ads. At the very least they will be exposed as the lying piles of garbage they are.
Greg’s right — the real scandal of all these ads isn’t the money or the anonymity, although that’s a big story. It’s the sheer volume of outright lies contained within them.
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