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  • The Progressive History of the St Pete Times

    08/23/2010 8:55:05 AM PDT · by Halfmanhalfamazing · 6 replies
    Far far left newspapers like the Saint Petersburg Times try doing their veiled hit pieces on conservative commentators, but most of us are smart enough to realize that the intended target(in this case Glenn Beck) is not the real target, the target is you and I - which he doesn't really try to hide anyways. The ruling class media and ruling class fifth columnists like daniel ruth go too far with their disrespect for us and then turn around and wonder why nobody trusts newspapers anymore and why they are dying on the vine. The smear piece in question can...
  • PolitiFact's Lie of the Year: 'Death panels' (*yawn*)

    12/21/2009 9:19:28 AM PST · by pillut48 · 14 replies · 664+ views
    St. Petersburg Times/Politifacts ^ | December 18th, 2009 | Angie Drobnic Holan
    Of all the falsehoods and distortions in the political discourse this year, one stood out from the rest. "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 —...