LYIN' RYAN: ALL THE MEDIA PUSHBACK

[Playinghardball]

This diary is a collection of all the media push back (so far) that Paul Ryan has received. I intend to tweet this list far and wide. Please feel free to add to the list and hopefully I will know how to update the diary. Thanks!
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Dave Weigel, Slate.com:
"incredible string of false or misleading statements"
http://www.slate.com/...

Joan Walsh, Salon.com:
"His Republican National Convention speech was stunning for its dishonesty"
http://www.salon.com/...

Jonathan Cohn, the New Republic:
The Most Dishonest Convention Speech ... Ever?
http://www.tnr.com/...

TPM:
Top 5 Fibs In Paul Ryan’s Convention Speech
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/...

Michael Tomasky, the Daily Beast:
"Paul Ryan pushed American politics into new territory with his convention speech, effectively daring Democrats and the media to call him out on his string of blatant falsehoods"
http://www.thedailybeast.com/...

Jonathan Bernstein, the Washington Post:
Paul Ryan fails -- the truth
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

AP:
FACT CHECK: Convention speakers stray from reality
http://www.google.com/...

Dan Amira, NY Magazine:
Paul Ryan Bets on the Ignorance of America
http://nymag.com/...

Fox News contributor, Sally Kohn:
“Ryan’s speech was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/...

Steve Benen, Maddowblog:
Paul Ryan stands on a foundation of lies
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/...

Huffington Post:
PAUL TALES: RYAN MISLEADS, AGAIN AND AGAIN
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

Politicsusa:
5 Biggest lies in Romney’s speech:
http://www.politicususa.com/...

Bob Cesca:
Paul Ryan’s Speech: Lies, Lies and More Lies
http://bobcesca.com/...

Washington Post Editorial Board:
Mr. Ryan’s misleading speech
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

Factcheck.org
“Paul Ryan’s acceptance speech at the Republican convention contained several false claims and misleading statements.”
http://factcheck.org/...

Andrew Sullivan, the Daily Beast:
The lies and lies of Paul Ryan
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/...

Ryan Lizza, the New Yorker:
The Paul Ryan Speech: Five Hypocrisies
http://www.newyorker.com/...

Jonathan Chait, NY magazine:
Paul Ryan’s large lies and one big truth
http://nymag.com/...

James Downie, Washington Post:
Paul Ryan’s breathtakingly dishonest speech
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

James Fallow, Atlantic
Paul Ryan and the post truth convention
http://www.theatlantic.com/...

Robert Schlesinger, US News
http://www.usnews.com/...

LYIN' Santorum
Rick Santorum repeats inaccurate welfare attack on Obama
http://www.latimes.com/...

Juan Cole:
Top Ten Repeated Paul Ryan Lies
http://www.juancole.com/...

The Guardian:
Paul Ryan's speech: a round-up of his most audacious untruths
http://www.guardian.co.uk/...

Charles Pierce, Esquire:
Paul Ryan Is the Newest New Nixon, a Moocher Belied
http://www.esquire.com/...

Huffington Post
Busted! Ryan's speech fools no one
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

David Firestone, NYT
Beyond Factual Dishonesty
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/...

Josh Barro, Bloomberg
Paul Ryan’s Hypocritical Attack on Barack Obama
http://www.bloomberg.com/...

Lindy West, Jezebel.com
Why lying is bad, a primer for confused republicans
http://jezebel.com/...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/30/1125935/-LYIN-RYAN-ALL-THE-MEDIA-PUSHBACK?detail=hide

[emulatorloo]

1. Rec.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. I am repeatedly reminded that it was not always thus with the press.

The lies of 2000, the lies of 2004 (e.g. Swiftboats), the lies of 2010, the lies of the Walkerites last spring--

Something has happened. All of a sudden they aren't playing along. Maybe there are rational heads somewhere among the elite who see what's happening & don't like it. Maybe they're putting out the instructions to blow rMoney & Lyin Ryan out of the water. All they need do to damage the Republicans is to expose their lies.

And it seems to be happening.

[ohheckyeah]

3. .......

You can't hide your Ryan lies.

[rocktivity]

4. Don't forget Wolf Blitzer and John King of CNN

However reluctantly:

Note the whininess of Wolf's intro: "So many listeners have complained to us about Ryan's lies we have no choice but to report on it. Please don't smite us, Rethugs -- they're making us do it!"

The Obama camp has turned the footage into a commerical: talk about the punishment fitting the crime!


rocktivity

[rocktivity]

5. This looks like a more productive way to spend time until Mitt's convention speech

Here's the permalink for the Jezebel story:
http://jezebel.com/5939325/why-lying-is-bad-a-primer-for-confused-republicans

And if things get excruciatingly boring...


rocktivity

[steve2470]

6. k&r nt

[flamingdem]

7. They must push harder, people aren't listening

they just see rosy highlights on the nightly news

[jsr]

8. The URLs don't work

It looks like they've been truncated.

[rocktivity]

11. You have to go to the Daily Kos page

the OP must have simply cut and pasted.


rockivity

[jsr]

20. OK. Thanks!

[myrna minx]

9. K&R - As someone who grew up in Janesville, I'm so upset about this I can't even post anything

that'll add to this discussion. I flip between sorrow and rage. Thanks for putting this together.

[fascisthunter]

10. You'd Think the US is against folks likes him, right?

But come election time, those votes you cast, will be counted,most likely, on computers with code that have been hacked. Now ask yourself... all this work, all this time speaking of a subject you are all so passionate about, really centers on one thing, this country and the democracy which gives you a vote to mitigate what direction your country moves in. Now why in the hell would you allow a private company with faulty equipment count your votes? Are ya stupid, or do you all really not care?

For Romney to win, I believe the election would have to be stolen, whether through hacking or voter suppression... but if I am wrong, which I doubt, then this country is doomed. Not because of politics, but because it truly has fallen asleep and allowed the worst aspects of our society to take over and control us all.

[polichick]

12. Ryan plunges down the rabbit hole! k&r

[smirkymonkey]

13. I could tell he was a lying bastard before he ever opened his mouth.

It's in his hollow, cold, calculating eyes.

[spanone]

14. the media is warming up...they'll be calling everything a lie next week....cause BOTH SIDES DO IT

[ailsagirl]

16. Couldn't help laughing at all the pukes

But Obama doesn't lie. To my knowledge, he never has. So it's gonna be a lot harder to ride him for anything because he's been blocked time and again by the repukes, their lies, and their blatant distortions.

I look forward to the DNC!!!

[proud patriot]

15. thanks

[Flatulo]

17. Even Fox News is calling him on his bullshit. I think this is unprecedented.

Maybe their ratings are slipping, or maybe the bullshit is being slathered on so thick that even their viewership can no longer be fooled...?

[Veracious]

18. not one of these links works

Id love to know why.

[intheflow]

21. They're not full links.

Pissed me off.

I'd unrec this poorly constructed if that option were still available.

[DallasNE]

19. They Say A Picture Is Worth A Thousands Words

Following is my thousand words ripping open one of Ryan's lies.

http://gazettextra.com/photos/galleries/last-day-gm/3119/