Politifact has given its Lie of the Year award to Democrats who claim that Republicans are trying to 'end Medicare as we know it.' The left-leaning 'fact check' site could not, of course, do so as a straight-up story, devoting much of its article to Democrat talking points. "Even when explained accurately, the Republicans' Medicare plan was not particularly popular with the public, nor with some independent health policy analysts." and Politifact continued: "With a few small tweaks to their attack lines, Democrats could have been factually correct, said Norman Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. 'I actually think there is no need to cut out the qualifiers and exaggerate,' he said." In other words, even when Democrats were telling the 'Lie of the Year,' they were still being, basically, accurate? Politifact even intentionally undermined its own decision by emphasizing criticism from far-left blogs ... and just slightly more...(Read Full Post)