Josh Marshall is not known for hyperbole... The McCain ad he's talking about states that Obama favors sex education for kindergartners. Ridiculous lies.
Simultaneously, in the past two weeks AlterNet has had a huge numbers of visitors -- the most in AlterNet history! In one week more than half a million people have read our series of exposés on Sara Palin.
These two facts -- high traffic on AlterNet, and the campaign's lies and distortions -- are related. Why? The corporate media is doing a horrible job by not blowing the whistle on the lies, and by reporting the distortions as news. In stark contrast AlterNet does blow the whistle. That is why a huge number of readers come to AlterNet to find the truth. And that is why we hope you will support AlterNet with your donation today.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
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"All politicians stretch the truth, massage it into the best fit with their message. But let's face it, John McCain is running a campaign almost entirely based on straight up lies. Not just exaggerations or half truths, but the sort of straight up, up-is-down mindblowers..."
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