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AP Attempts A Fact Check
Daily Kos —
The AP accuses President Obama of lying during yesterday's events: President Barack Obama had it both ways when he promoted his stimulus plan in Indiana and later at a prime-time news conference. He bragged in Indiana about getting Congress to produce a package with no pork, yet boasted it will do good things for a Hoosier highway and a downtown overpass, just the kind of local projects lawmakers lard into big spending bills. To be precise, what President Obama said was that this plan has no earmarks -- local spending projects inserted ...
More CrAP from the AP--With Some Deeper Insight
Open Left - Front Page —
... outrageous example of AP promoting rightwing propaganda. Rather than focusing too narrowly on it--especially since Jed pretty much hammered AP for its role, I'd like to use it as an occasion to step back and comment on bigger picture involved, the nature of liberalism, conservatism, and the role of conceptual games. First, though, here's how Jed started off:
AP Attempts A Fact Check
by Jed L
Tue Feb 10, 2009 at 02:35:04 PM PST
The AP accuses President Obama of lying during yesterday's events:
President ...
