Hannity falsely referred to Republican resolution as the "Murtha amendment"

On both his television and radio show, Fox News host Sean Hannity referred to a congressional resolution calling for the immediate termination of U.S. troop deployment in Iraq as the "Murtha amendment." But the resolution in question was not sponsored by Rep. John P. Murtha (D-PA). While Murtha had introduced a detailed measure that called for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq "at the earliest practicable date," his resolution bore little resemblance to the Republican-sponsored measure Hannity was discussing. This one-sentence resolution -- described in news reports as a "political trap" and "aimed at embarrassing war critics" -- simply ordered "that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately."

Further, Wall Street Journal OpinionJournal.com editor James Taranto falsely wrote that the House of Representatives had voted "on Rep. John Murtha's proposal for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq." In fact, only the GOP measure, sponsored by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), reached a vote in the House.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200511210009

That sorta goes with out saying and should have been expected!

Yes, but if anyone wonders why the Democrats seldom get any traction, this is a perfect example of the problem. All too often, these sort of right-wing lies are endlessly repeated by hacks like Hannity and Limbaugh until the MSM picks up the chant. Soon, the truth is a distant, foggy memory. Notice the WSJ has already begun to repeat the lie.

Keep an eye on this. We'll see how many MSM outlets begin to attribute the Republican bill to John Murtha.

OK, now it is turning into a battle between truth and lies.

On the side of honesty we have the LA Times and the Washington Post.



In the catagory of lying sacks of shit, we have the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal and the NY Post, and John Gibson of Fox News and Sean Hannity on the ABC Radio Network.

The Repugs have known for a long time now and made exceptional use of perception!

It's not about truth or reality!
It's what you can convince the TV generation to be truth!



How many people watch to see who gets kicked off the island
watches the show and thinks these people are actually all alone on the island?

How many completely forget about the production crew?
(Which likely is twice as many people as the original set of people)


We can all watch cartoons and know when Coyote slams into the ground after falling about a mile,
That he's gonna walk away from it.
But how many of us watched Jaws, and feared to swim cause of the sharks?
Even though we were far and away more likely to die in a car!



Perception, and the fact that these Rethugs have no morality issue against twisting the truth into a new, false reality!

That;s why we call them Repugnicans!

More lies from Fox News.

Hume, backed by Liasson, falsely claimed that Democrats want to "pull out now" from Iraq

Hannity is lying? Who'd have thought?

Lets time the MSM and see how long it takes to pick up the "murtha mantra"

Well Sean Hannity is a pathological liar, but the latest offense was Fox News anchor Brit Hume doing the lying.

The difference is important. While both are shameless Republican political hacks, Brit Hume masquerades as an actual journalist.