the Misinformer Of The Year award goes to....

bill o'reilly, of fox news.

1. O'Reilly falsely claimed Bush didn't oppose 9-11 Commission…
2. O'Reilly falsely claimed Iraq had ricin…
3. O'Reilly repeated discredited claims on Iraq-Al Qaeda link…
4. O'Reilly fabricated "Paris Business Review" as source for success of French boycott…
5. O'Reilly cited phony stats to argue that taxes on rich are excessive…
6. O'Reilly confused on elementary economics…
7. O'Reilly doctored quotation to suggest Soros wished his own father dead…
8. O'Reilly questioned if Kennedy would show up to Democratic convention ... as Kennedy spoke behind him…
9. O'Reilly disparaged Democrats with trifecta of voter falsehoods. In a discussion about what went wrong for Democrats in the November 2 election, O'Reilly claimed that Democrats "lost votes from four years ago"; that "18- to 24[-year-old]s didn't go" to the polls; and that "[c]ommitted Republicans didn't carry the day for the president; independents did." All three claims are false.
10. O'Reilly on the radio: Three lies, one broadcast. Lie No. 1: Bush tax cuts didn't create the budget deficit. Lie No. 2: "Socialistic" French, Germans, and Canadian governments tax at 80 percent. Lie No. 3: Canadian, British, and French media are "government-controlled," but Italian media is free.

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