Monday, February 15, 2010

CNN: President Made 'Pants on Fire' Claim on Health Care

[Credit where due.]

CNN refreshingly called out President Obama on Friday's Newsroom concerning his false claim that

"for the first time...you saw more people getting health care from government than you did from the private sector."

President Obama delivered this line at his February 9, 2010 White House press conference. Harris played the sound bite of this statement 20 minutes into the 12 pm Eastern hour, and asked Simons, who is an executive producer with CNN's "Fact Check Desk," to verify its accuracy: "Tell us, is that an accurate statement from the President?"

CNN's Suzanne Simons and anchor Tony Harris both used the
"pants on fire"
expression to describe the President's statement...

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