On AlterNet: death panels

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The Year of the Big Lie: 6 Outrageous Falsehoods That Took Flight in 2010

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. December 31, 2010.

From Breitbart's smear of Shirley Sherrod to Glenn Beck's use of Mein Kampf to malign George Soros, right-wing and mainstream media embrace the Big Lie.

Sarah Palin's Top 10 Biggest Lies

Media Matters for America AlterNet: PoliticsNovember 16, 2009.

In anticipation of the release of her memoir, Going Rogue, Media Matters has compiled Palin's Top 10 falsehoods from before the book was published.

Betsy 'Death Panels' McCaughey Made to Look Ridiculous by Progressive Stalwart in Key Health Care Debate

Linda Hirshman, AlterNet. October 6, 2009.

Debate with Rep. Anthony Weiner lays bare why nobody is buying Betsy McCaughey's whoppers and fearmongering over health care reform.

Health Insurance Companies Are the Real Death Panels: My Best Friend Is Proof

AKMuckraker, The Mudflats AlterNet: PEEK. September 21, 2009.

Doctors are in the business of saving lives from disease, and illness and injury, but they shouldn't have to be in the business of saving lives from business.

Majority of Americans Who Are Not Max Baucus Know a "Scare Tactic" When They See It

mcjoan, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. September 17, 2009.

Baucus is apparently not as smart as the majority of American people, who in a new Bloomberg poll show that they know bullshit when they see it.

Mythmaking 101: Why Millions Have Bought into 'Death Panel' Propaganda

Kenny Smith, Religion Dispatches. September 17, 2009.

The death panel rumor is the real deal: values masquerading as truth, all in service of one heckuva group fantasy.

McCain Defends Bogus 'Death Panel' Argument

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. August 24, 2009.

How far gone is Sen. John McCain?

Chuck Grassley Blames "Death Panels" B.S. on Left

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. August 17, 2009.

The "far-left" is responsible for a bogus claim Grassley was touting as recently as last week?

Sarah Palin's Crazy 'Death Panels' Claim Gets a Thumbs Up from Giuliani

Matt Corley, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. August 13, 2009.

Way to add to the health reform debate Rudy.

Administration Sensibly Tackles End-of-Life Care; Will \"Death Panels\" Lie Show Up?

Sarah Seltzer, December 31, 1969.