A chart you won't see on Fox News today

September 01, 2010 12:36 pm ET by Jeremy Holden & Shauna Theel

Fox & Friends distorted data to deceptively compare the cost of the Iraq war and the cost of the stimulus bill, citing outdated stimulus estimates and pretending that the U.S. will not spend any additional money related to the Iraq war after 2010.

After Fox & Friend Brian Kilmeade said he was "stunned" that Obama said the Iraq war contributed to deficits, Fox & Friend Gretchen Carlson said, "Look at the difference in the spending between Iraq, a $709 billion, versus the stimulus of $862 billion." While Carlson spoke Fox & Friends showed graphically the "difference in the spending":

Obama: 'Operation Iraqi Freedom is over'

Letter From The President:

Friend --

Tonight marks the end of the American combat mission in Iraq.

After more than seven years, our combat mission in Iraq will end tomorrow

Mon, Aug 30, 2010

	Good evening, Tomorrow evening at 8 p.m. EDT, I will address the nation from the Oval Office about the end of the war in Iraq. We are at a truly historic moment in our nation’s history. After more than seven years, our combat mission in Iraq will end tomorrow.

The Drudge Report Trolls with Foxonian Visual Lies

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Sarah Jones

The Drudge Trolls with Foxonian Visual Lies

Foxonian Visual Lies Courtesy of a Desperate Drudge Report

While Right Wing screams about liberal media bias, and they scream even louder when they’re busted flat out lying to their audience (Acorn video, Sherrod video, etc), they continue their assault on reality via any means necessary. To this end, The Drudge Report felt compelled to use the Foxian trick of using visual imagery to lie for them yesterday when they attempted to lay blame for missing Iraq reconstruction money at Obama’s feet.

We all know, of course, that that money went missing during the Bush administration – but that’s because we are….not Fox Drudge drones. In other words, we read and we are informed. Sadly, the folks in the Right Wing Echo Chamber rarely — if ever — hear anything resembling the news, which might explain why they are so angry all of the time, but heck, that’s a chicken or the egg thing. Read More....