What's Missing from Politifact's 'Lie of the Year' Nominees

Oddly enough, Politifact’s an Unbiased, Objective News Outlet is not on the list.

Here are the noms:

Largest tax increase: “Obamacare is . . . the largest tax increase in the history of the world.”
– Rush Limbaugh on Thursday, June 28th, 2012 in comments on his radio show
Pants on Fire

Abortion: Mitt Romney “backed a bill that outlaws all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest.”
– Barack Obama on Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 in a TV ad
Pants on Fire

Bain Capital: Mitt Romney and Bain Capital are to blame in a woman’s premature death when they closed the plant where her husband worked.
– Priorities USA Action on Tuesday, August 7th, 2012 in campaign ad
False

‘Likes to fire people’: When it comes to jobless workers, “Mitt Romney says he likes to fire people.”
– Jack Markell on Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
False

Deficit blame: “Over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of” President George W. Bush’s policies and the recession.
– Barack Obama on Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 in an interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes”
False

Jeeps in China: Barack Obama “sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China” at the cost of American jobs.
– Mitt Romney on Monday, October 29th, 2012 in a television ad
Pants on Fire

Not on the list is what truly was Lie of the Year, and that was Harry Reid’s outrageous claim that “some guy told him” Mitt Romney didn’t pay his taxes.

 

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