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shipperxRyan’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
um... wow.
And FOX wasn't alone...
The Washington Post: "Paul Ryan’s breathtakingly dishonest speech"
Atlantic: "Paul Ryan and the post truth convention"
Drudge Report: (Holy cow, Drudge?!!! Are you kidding me? Did hell just freeze over?): "Ryan Lied About Janesville GM Plant"
USA Today: Quote: "Paul Ryan's acceptance speech at the Republican convention contained several false claims..."
U.S. News & World Report: "Paul Ryan Repeats Auto Bailout and Medicare Lies"
Associated Press: "FACT CHECK: Ryan takes factual shortcuts in speech."
Salon.com: Quote: "His Republican National Convention speech was stunning for its dishonesty"
Slate.com: Quote: "incredible string of false or misleading statements"
The New Republic: "The Most Dishonest Convention Speech ... Ever" (Quote: "I'd like to talk about what Ryan actually said--not because I find Ryan's ideas objectionable, although I do, but because he was so brazenly willing to twist the truth.")
NY Magazine: "Paul Ryan Bets on the Ignorance of America"
Huffington Post: "Ryan Misleads, Again and Again"
The Washington Post has an article with the headline, "Ryan misleads on GM plant closing in hometown." [Ryan says it closed because the Obama administration failed... which is mindboggling since the plant closed during the Bush Administration. The closing of the plant was announced in June 2008 and was officially closed in December 2008. Those with calendars might recognize that this was before President Obama even took office. Ryan even issued a statement regarding the closing in June 2008, so he knows it's a lie). The article is a fact-check listing half a dozen similar distortions.
The Washington Post's''s online site [Plum Line]: "Paul Ryan fails -- the truth."
NPR: "Fact Checkers Say Some of Ryan's Claims Don't Add Up"
Factcheck.org: “Paul Ryan’s acceptance speech at the Republican convention contained several false claims and misleading statements.”
The New York Times, quote: "In his speech accepting the Republican nomination for vice president at the Republican National Convention, Representative Paul Ryan criticized President Obama for seeking Medicare cuts that [Ryan] sought as well, and for failing to act on a deficit-reduction plan that [Ryan] too opposed." [And helped to vote down. It never made it out of committee to be rejected by the President.]
The Daily Beast: "Paul Ryan's Convention Speech and his Web of Lies" Quote: "It boggles the mind to imagine how Paul Ryan can stand up there and lash Barack Obama for abandoning Bowles-Simpson when he did exactly that himself."
Talking Points Memo: "Top 5 Fibs in Paul Ryan's Convention Speech."
