http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/11/08/ny-times-stretches-to-turn-gop-candidate-lies-i/206702
In a story discussing how the truth is "starting to look deeply out of fashion" during the 2016 presidential campaign, The New York Times bent over backwards to create the impression of a "bipartisan" trend by equating unambiguous falsehoods from several Republican candidates with incomplete retellings of stories about Hillary Clinton and false statements made by Democratic candidates decades ago.
The Times noted Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina's false debate claim attacking Planned Parenthood has been "roundly disputed" by media fact-checkers yet the candidate has refused to admit she exaggerated when pressed about its veracity.
The article also described the current controversy around Ben Carson and the authenticity of several stories in his autobiography, including claims that he was offered a scholarship to the U.S. Military Academy, and that he attempted to stab a childhood friend. The story goes on to relate several verifiably false claims Donald Trump has made on the campaign trail, conceding that he "utters plenty of refutable claims," and "has set the tone for the embroidery" by "generat[ing] an entirely new category of overstatement in American politics."
Yet the paper claimed that "the tendency to bend facts is bipartisan."
As evidence, the Times cited falsehoods told by presidential candidates Bill Clinton, Gary Hart, and Joe Biden more than two decades ago.
The stories the Times cited as evidence of current falsehoods from a Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, are specious examples and simply not on par with what they detailed about the Republicans.
okay here's one the republican claim of a liberal media designed to make their base think liberal bias and dismiss anything not heard by Fox or other right wing liars as false that is brain washing 3.0, fact is the lies told on both sides are in no way equal those coming from the left are not the kind that demeans and misleads others they are more an exaggeration or misspeak on the right they are intentional biased and vitriolic,
yet when questions republicans immediately respond with "both sides do it" we are failed by those host who refuse to make them specifically qualify the assertion, some feel it's not their job to correct wrongs so we are on our own last words stand even when those shows that present them don't. despicable them.
by the TIMES saying these things are bipartisan they too are saying both sides do it with no specificity, where again is that liberal media has anyone checked where the WMD's were suppose to be???????????????????????????????
