Palin wins ''Lie of the Year" award.

[Cetacea]

"Death panels."

The claim set political debate afire when it was made in August, raising issues from the role of government in health care to the bounds of acceptable political discussion. In a nod to the way technology has transformed politics, the statement wasn't made in an interview or a television ad. Sarah Palin posted it on her Facebook page.

Her assertion — that the government would set up boards to determine whether seniors and the disabled were worthy of care — spread through newscasts, talk shows, blogs and town hall meetings. Opponents of health care legislation said it revealed the real goals of the Democratic proposals. Advocates for health reform said it showed the depths to which their opponents would sink. Still others scratched their heads and said, "Death panels? Really?"

The editors of PolitiFact.com, the fact-checking Web site of the St. Petersburg Times, have chosen it as our inaugural "Lie of the Year."

PolitiFact readers overwhelmingly supported the decision. Nearly 5,000 voted in a national poll to name the biggest lie, and 61 percent chose "death panels" from a field of eight finalists.






http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2009/dec/18/politifact-lie-year-death-panels/

[tanyev]

1. Finally, a pageant she has no problem winning.

[malaise]

6. This may well be the DUzy

of the year. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah :rofl:

[Cetacea]

7. +1.

Bring back the DUzys!

[MH1]

2. Worth reading for a reminder of who all was behind this lie (not just Palin)

[Cetacea]

3. "Death Panels" was used 6,000 times in August and September.

According to the article it was still being used up to 300 times per week as late as October by various medea. It's difficult just how much damage she and Virginia Fox and Co. did.

[HughMoran]

4. Heard this on NPR last week - she finally get an award for something she excels at

lying.

[Cetacea]

5. +1.

[Raschel]

8. And something she can't quit. (lying)

[MH1]

9. Worth reading for a reminder of who all was behind this lie (not just Palin)

[MH1]

10. Hmmm evidently this duped

when my internet hiccuped this morning. Only just saw it now. Sorry for the double post.

[Cetacea]

11. Odd.

Anyway, no worries. :)