But this time they've nearly taken my breath away. They've dropped all pretense and gone full Goebbels.
Just so you know I'm not lying, go ahead and watch this. It's only a little over a minute long. Via Media Matters:
For those who'd prefer a written summary, or don't want to read that tiny print below the video, please follow.
During the March 16 edition of Fox News' The Live Desk, co-host Martha MacCallum claimed that "after weeks of economic doom and gloom, the Obama administration is now singing a slightly different tune. Take a look at what was said in recent interviews this weekend." Fox News then aired clips of administration officials purportedly giving an optimistic view of the economy, which included a clip of Joe Biden stating: "The fundamentals of the economy are strong."
Whoa, did Joe Biden really say that? Why yes, yes he did.
[Thanks to johnsonwax in the comments for the video.]
However, Biden did not make his remarks during an "interview" over the past weekend; Biden made his remarks at a September 15, 2008, campaign event, and, like Obama, was criticizing McCain for his remarks -- not echoing McCain.
Got that? They took a soundbite of Biden quoting and mocking McCain's "fundamentals" comment--the one that likely sealed his electoral fate, btw--and presented it not only as Biden making that statement himself, but making it this very weekend.
So apparently lying's not enough anymore for these shills. They've got to make their lies double-lies. They've got to compound an untruth with yet another untruth that makes the first one seem even more damning. I'll be honest, I didn't think that Fox News could surprise me any more, but this is really something else.
Also reported at Think Progress.
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