Mistakes, distortions and outright lies appeared so frequently in media coverage of the elections of 2009 that they made accurate analysis all but impossible.

The most serious of these errors built upon gross misrepresentations of the presidential election of 2008 falsehoods repeated endlessly and shamelessly enough to become enshrined in the conventional wisdom. Before this years whoppers achieve similar acceptance, its worth re-examining some of the most familiar confusions regarding the last two election cycles.
LIE NUMBER ONE: By winning New York’s 23rd Congressional District, Democrats captured a seat Republicans had...












Conventional Wisdom Recycles Lies About Recent Elections
I've only had a few minutes to read the piece and don't have the time to read further or to spend an hour to find a way to communicate with someone. I hope someone in charge will spot this comment, try to fix the problem, and rub out the comment.
On a more substantive level, I'm not sure that the lefty claims are lies. One has to know that one is saying something false to tell a lie. These people,...