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Paper Tiger Politics: Conservative Pundit Admits Republicans Lie About Everything

Study: Media Fact-Checker Says Republicans Lie More

A leading media fact-checking organization rates Republicans as less trustworthy than Democrats, according to a new study by the Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA) at George Mason University. The study finds that PolitiFact.com has rated Republican claims as false three times as often as Democratic claims during President Obama’s second term. 

Republicans continue to get worse marks in recent weeks, despite controversies over Obama administration statements on Benghazi, the IRS and the AP. According to CMPA President Dr Robert Lichter, “While Republicans see a credibility gap in the Obama administration, PolitiFact rates Republicans as the less credible party.” 

The study examined 100 statements involving factual claims by Democrats (46 claims) and Republicans (54 claims), which were fact-checked by PolitiFact.com during the four month period from the start of President Obama’s second term on January 20 through May 22, 2013. 

Major findings: 

PolitiFact rated 32% of Republican claims as “false” or “pants on fire,” compared to 11% of Democratic claims – a 3 to 1 margin. 

Conversely, Politifact rated 22% of Democratic claims as “entirely true” compared to 11% of Republican claims – a 2 to 1 margin. 

A majority of Democratic statements (54%) were rated as mostly or entirely true, compared to only 18% of Republican statements. 

Conversely, a majority of Republican statements (52%) were rated as mostly or entirely false, compared to only 24% of Democratic statements. 

Despite controversies over Obama administration statements regarding Benghazi, the IRS and the Associated Press, Republicans have continued to fare worse than Democrats, with 60% of their claims rated as false so far this month (May 1 – May 22), compared to 29% of Democratic statements – a 2 to 1 margin."


Those studies and data were from seven months ago. 

Can you imagine the misrepresentations and lies they've spread since then? All one has to do is visit some of the rightwing blogs to see this in action. Most of the time the bloggers grab onto some piece of dubious information from a rightwing source and then, before checking to see if it's correct, they post it. 

A very recent example is the CBS 60 Minutes Benghazi scandal. The rightwing bloggers and media pundits tripped over themselves to tell the world about Lara Logan's story, which turned out to be false, and for which she has been suspended from CBS. 

 Lies? Misrepresentations? If you got'em; they'll report 'em! 

And when proved wrong, they don't retract them.



More about the studies HERE.  And HERE.