Corrected/clarified from earlier | President Obama's lie about having always said that there were caveats to "if you like it you can keep it" claim made it into the top 10 finalists for PolitiFact's 2013 Lie of the Year Readers Choice Award. PolitiFact editor Angie Drobnic Holan invited readers this morning to vote for their favorite false claim. Half of the nominees were conservative politicians or pundits, three nominated claims were from either "bloggers" or chain emails, and President Obama was the only liberal Democrat among the finalists, appearing twice on the list.
Mr. Obama is also nominated for a "pants on fire" claim that the FISA court is "transparent." PolitiFact editors will reveal their own choice for Lie of the Year later this month. To vote in the Readers Choice category, click here.
CORRECTION: An earlier draft incorrectly said that President Obama's recurring "if you like it you can keep it" claim was a finalist. In fact, as @PolitiFactBias pointed out, "[Obama's] claim that he included caveats made the list," while the initial lie, which was judged merely "half true" by PolitiFact did not. I apologize for the error.
@KenShepherd Note: "If You Like It" is NOT in the finalists, PF still rates that Half True. O's claim that he included caveats made the list
— PolitiFact Bias (@PolitiFactBias) December 2, 2013
