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PolitiFact names its 2014 Lie of the Year

December 15, 2014

The emergence of Ebola in the United States sparked a political and media frenzy, but many of the claims made were far from accurate. Collectively, they are PolitiFact's sixth annual Lie of the Year.

 

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PolitiFact names its 2014 Lie of the Year

December 15, 2014

The emergence of Ebola in the United States sparked a political and media frenzy, but many of the claims made were far from accurate. Collectively, they are PolitiFact's sixth annual Lie of the Year.

PolitiFact names its 2014 Lie of the Year

December 15, 2014

The emergence of Ebola in the United States sparked a political and media frenzy, but many of the claims made were far from accurate. Collectively, they are PolitiFact's sixth annual Lie of the Year.

2014 Lie of the Year: Exaggerations about Ebola

December 15, 2014

We heard claims that Ebola was easy to catch, that illegal immigrants may be carrying the virus across the southern border and that it was all part of a government or corporate conspiracy. Those claims, and others, collectively earn our Lie of the Year for 2014.

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Read all our fact-checks about Ebola

PunditFact editor Aaron Sharockman discusses the Lie of the Year

PolitiFact names its 2014 Lie of the Year

December 15, 2014

The emergence of Ebola in the United States sparked a political and media frenzy, but many of the claims made were far from accurate. Collectively, they are PolitiFact's sixth annual Lie of the Year.

PolitiFact names its 2014 Lie of the Year

December 15, 2014

The emergence of Ebola in the United States sparked a political and media frenzy, but many of the claims made were far from accurate. Collectively, they are PolitiFact's sixth annual Lie of the Year.

Fox down, MSNBC up on our network Truth-O-Meter scorecards

December 3, 2014

Accuracy of claims we fact-checked on Fox News has dipped recently, while the opposite is true for MSNBC.

Jonathan Gruber mentions on TV: Fox News 779, MSNBC 79

November 18, 2014

Coverage of a 2013 video showing MIT professor and Obamacare adviser Jonathan Gruber talking about the "stupidity" of American voters has varied greatly by cable network, a review of closed captioning information shows.

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