FYI for Oct 28, 2008: Exposing the Lies and Stupidity of the Right-Wing Wackos

** Media Matters **

Convicted drug abuser and Viagra user Fats Limpballs smears Obama with misrepresentation of comments on Constitution.

Like this right-wing wacko drug abuser knows anything about the US Constitution...
http://mediamatters.org/items/200810280007

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Boston Globe uncritically reported McCain falsehood on Obama's health care proposal.

In an October 28 article, The Boston Globe uncritically reported that during an October 27 speech in Cleveland, Ohio, Sen. John McCain "articulated in his most dire terms yet what has become the dominant theme of his campaign in the last two weeks: that Obama's plans to raise income taxes and fine companies that do not provide employee health insurance would be obstacles to small-business growth, and kill jobs just when new ones are needed most." But the claim -- which McCain has made repeatedly -- that Obama would "fine" small businesses if they did not provide employee health insurance is false. While Obama has proposed requiring large businesses that do not provide employer-sponsored health coverage to pay a percentage of their payroll into a National Health Insurance Exchange to help Americans purchase private health insurance, small businesses would be exempt.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200810280006

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Fox News' right-wing whore Trace Gallagher falsely suggested Obama advocated "chang[ing] the mission of the Supreme Court".
http://mediamatters.org/items/200810270013

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Radio host of a small time radio station, right-wing whore Bob Grant repeats discredited email smears on Obama.

Rehashing several long-debunked email smears against Sen. Barack Obama, New York radio host Bob Grant falsely attributed several quotes to Obama and took other Obama quotes out of context. During the October 23 broadcast of his show, Grant declared: "And I'm sure that, heaven forbid, but if he should become the 44th president, that we will see the real Barack Ob -- as a matter of fact, wait a minute. What do I mean, will? We don't have to wait. Look at the quotes just -- just the tip of the iceberg."
http://mediamatters.org/items/200810270010

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Ignoring decent media standards, NBC's Tom Brokaw did not challenge McCain's false claim that Obama plan would "fine" small businesses that do not offer health insurance.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200810260003