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Liar, Liar Pants On Fire

"Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Biggest Fibbers

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  • July 2008

    • AP Pulls Faked Tornado Video

      Associated Press  |  Jul 10, 08 8:58 AM CDT

      AP Pulls Faked Tornado Video

      (Newser) - The Associated Press has pulled a video described as depicting a tornado that hit Nebraska last weekend after a storm chaser claimed that it was faked. After Andy Fabel sold the clip to the AP, which passed it along to 2,000 websites, another man noticed similarities between it and his own footage of a twister that hit Kansas 4 years ago. More »

    • Flip-Flopping Pols Are Just Channeling Inner Hypocrite

      New York Times  |  Jul 1, 08 1:51 PM CDT

      Flip-Flopping Pols Are Just Channeling Inner Hypocrite

      (Newser) - Think all politicians are self-justifying hypocrites? You're probably right, John Tierney writes in the New York Times . As a recent psychological study demonstrates, all of us, given enough time and mental wiggle room, will succumb to the "self-halo effect," justifying in ourselves and our allies moral lapses we readily condemn in anyone of an opposing group. More »

  • May 2008

    • Has Airbrushing Gone Too Far?

      Newsweek  |  May 3, 08 4:57 PM CDT

      Has Airbrushing Gone Too Far?

      (Newser) - Shutterbugs have long altered pics, but now critics are cringing over the effects of airbrushing on young girls. French lawmakers have even approved a law against inciting "excessive thinness." But would such a move work in America? Maybe not, "but there are a whole lot of impressionable young kids" who are tortured by images of slimmed-down and retouched women, Jessica Bennett writes in Newsweek . More »

  • April 2008

    • Lying Admiral Forced to Retire

      Navy Times  |  Apr 22, 08 2:39 AM CDT

      Lying Admiral Forced to Retire

      (Newser) - A Navy officer accused of lying to investigators has been reprimanded and will take early retirement, the Navy Times reports. Rear Admiral John "Boomer" Stufflebeem was found to have made false statements about what was termed an "inappropriate relationship" while he was a military aide to former President Bush 18 years ago. The nature of the relationship was not disclosed. More »

    • White House 'Duped' General Into Torture: Book

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 19, 08 7:54 AM CDT

      White House 'Duped' General Into Torture: Book

      (Newser) - The Bush administration "hoodwinked" one of the country's top military men in order to establish harsh interrogation techniques on Guantanamo Bay prisoners, according to revelations in a new book reported in the Guardian. Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers was misled by White House aides into abandoning the military's long-standing ban on inhumane treatment of prisoners, according to London law professor Phillipe Sands in his book Torture Team. More »

    • No Joy in Job Hunt for Ex-Attorney General

      New York Times  |  Apr 13, 08 7:19 AM CDT

      No Joy in Job Hunt for Ex-Attorney General

      (Newser) - Ex-attorneys general often enjoy elite private sector jobs, but disgraced Alberto Gonzales is still job-hunting since he resigned last August, the New York Times reports. Lawyers say perjury allegations concerning testimony about eavesdropping and his role in the politically motivated firing of federal prosecutors are the biggest problems with Gonzales' resume. More »

    • Hillary Dumps Another Tall Tale

      CNN  |  Apr 7, 08 5:02 AM CDT

      Hillary Dumps Another Tall Tale

      (Newser) - Another story Hillary Clinton has told repeatedly on the campaign trail turns out to be untrue, CNN reports. This one is about a pregnant woman from Ohio who dies after being turned away from a hospital because she has no health insurance. A spokesman for the hospital has denied the account, saying the woman had insurance and received care. Clinton, who was apparently told the story while visiting Ohio, has since dropped the anecdote. More »

    • Ohio Hospital Contests a Story Clinton Tells

      New York Times  |  Apr 5, 08

      Over the last five weeks, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York has featured in her campaign stump speeches the story of a health care horror: an uninsured pregnant woman who lost her baby and died herself after being denied care by an Ohio hospital because she could not come up with a $100 fee. The woman, Trina Bachtel, did die last August, two weeks after her baby boy was stillborn at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens, Ohio. But hospital administrators said Friday that Ms. Bachtel was under the care of an obstetrics practice affiliated with the hospital, that she was never refused...

    • Nic Cage Not a Chihuahua Thief

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Apr 4, 08 11:24 AM CDT

      Nic Cage Not a Chihuahua Thief

      (Newser) - It’s official: Nicolas Cage is not a chihuahua kleptomaniac, former co-star Kathleen Turner admits. Turner settled a libel lawsuit with Cage, confessing that she’d lied when she wrote that Cage had been “arrested twice for drunk-driving and, I think, for stealing a dog.” Turner and her co-defendants agreed to pay Cage’s legal fees and make a “substantial” donation to charity. More »

    • Formula One Boss Denies Nazi Theme in Hooker Orgy

      Times (UK)  |  Apr 3, 08 2:40 AM CDT

      Formula One Boss Denies Nazi Theme in Hooker Orgy

      (Newser) - Formula One Racing chief Max Mosley has denied that the videotaped sado-masochistic orgy he participated in with five prostitutes was Nazi-themed. Mosley claims he spoke German during the orgy simply because several of the call-girls were German, not as a part of Nazi role playing, as the News of the World had reported. Mosley is taking legal action against the paper for the story, reports the Times of London. More »

  • March 2008

    • LA Times Apologizes for Diddy-Tupac Story

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 27, 08 4:54 PM CDT

      LA Times Apologizes for Diddy-Tupac Story

      (Newser) - The Los Angeles Times today admitted the paper was duped in its story alleging that Sean "Diddy" Combs was connected to the 1994 murder of fellow rapper Tupac Shakur. The reporter and editor responsible for the story apologized and said parts of it were based on FBI records that turned out to have been fabricated by an imprisoned con man. More »

    • Story Linking Diddy to Tupac Shooting a Hoax

      The Smoking Gun  |  Mar 26, 08 2:13 PM CDT

      Story Linking Diddy to Tupac Shooting a Hoax

      (Newser) - The Los Angeles Times was duped into reporting that associates of Sean “Diddy” Combs were involved in the 1994 shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur, the Smoking Gun reports. The paper based last week's story on FBI reports fabricated by a long-time con man who has long sought to insinuate himself in the rap world.  More »

    • Top Admiral Fired for Lying to DoD Probe

      Navy Times  |  Mar 25, 08 9:37 AM CDT

      Top Admiral Fired for Lying to DoD Probe

      (Newser) - The Navy has fired a vice admiral for giving the Department of Defense "false and misleading information" during an investigation, reports the Navy Times. John Stufflebeem, the director of the Navy staff, lied to an inquiry into an alleged inappropriate relationship while serving as a military adviser to former President Bush in 1990, reports the Navy Times. More »

    • Clinton 'Misspoke' About Dodging Bosnia Sniper

      CBS  |  Mar 25, 08 4:47 AM CDT