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Sarah Palin Lies, Misinformation & Misleading Statements

Date	Misinformer	Misinformation About	Type	Source	Location

08/16/10	Sarah Palin	Freedom of Religion	Misleading	Spoken	On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, Fox News
	"Nobody argues that freedom of religion that the Muslims have to build that mosque somewhere." On the August 16 edition of On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, Fox News contributor Sarah Palin claimed that "[n]obody argues that freedom of religion that the Muslims have to build that mosque somewhere." Palin then argued that "there are a hundred mosques already in New York" and that "to chose and be so adamant about this exact location, just a block or two away from 9-11, again, is that kn
12/09/09	Sarah Palin		Lie
	Palin claims that scientists still are unsure about climate change, and that they are cannot come to a conclusion on whether man has something to do with it. However, this is not true. The vast majority of scientists believe in climate change, pointing to ice cores data, carbon emissions, etc to show that this is not a cyclical process, and it is certainly caused greatly by human actions.
12/03/09	Sarah Palin	Barack Obama	Lie	Interview	On the Rusty Humphries Radio Show
	Major Lie: Obama Birther Conspiracy Theory: Sarah Palin says that the 'birthers' are in the right for trying to make an issue out of the idea that Obama was not born in America even though all the documents show that he was.
08/07/09	Sarah Palin	2010 Health Care Reform Act			Palin falsely claimed in her Facebook page that "my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's "death panel" so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their "level of productivity in society," whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil".
	Major Lie: Health Care Euthanasia: Palin falsely claimed in her Facebook page that "my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's "death panel" so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their "level of productivity in society," whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil".
06/06/09	Sarah Palin	government & elections
	Sarah Palin, in delivering a speech in Anchorage, repeatedly lifted from an article written by Newt Gingrich and Craig Shirley without proper attribution, a charge which Palin denied.
05/21/09	Sarah Palin	Business & Economy
	Sarah Palin vetoed state lawmakers' acceptance of $26.8 million of federal stimulus money for energy cost relief, falsely stating that strings were attached that would have "mandated" communities to adopt federal building codes.
04/12/09	Sarah Palin	government & elections
	Gov. Sarah Palin denied asking Sen. Mark Begich to resign from his seat after criminal convictions against former Sen. Ted Stevens were thrown out. "I didn't call on Begich to step down," she said during a press conference at the Capitol. However, the same day, she told the Empire, "I'd love to see a fair special election, I can't see how Mark Begich would argue that." It's not clear how a special election could come about without Begich resigning.
09/15/08	Sarah Palin
	During her speech to the RNC, Palin claims that "the teleprompter got messed up, I couldn’t follow it, and I just decided I’d just talk to the people in front of me". That false story has largely been debunked by reporters who were there.
09/12/08	Sarah Palin
	She claimed that Alaska "produces nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic supply of energy" when facts show it is actually 3.5 percent (and 4.8% if strictly talking US Oil Consumption and 14% if talking US oil production).
09/08/08	Sarah Palin
	Palin deceived Americans by saying she put a state jet on Ebay when in fact it failed to sell three times and was eventually sold through a Broker, also a Palin supporter, at a $600,000 loss.
09/07/08	Sarah Palin
	Palin lied about firing her personal chef as Governor in an attempt to make her look more fiscally responsible. The chef was actually reassigned because Palin spent so little time at the governor's mansion.