2015: Year Of The Big Lie

Annually, this corner recognizes the most egregious rhetorical insults against the American people. Often these insults are examples of foolishness or arrogance. But this year stood out for its transgressions against the truth. The year 2014 deserves to go down in history as the Year of the Big Lie. Actually, there were lots of big lies in 2014. Sadly, we have come to expect dishonesty from our politicians. But the year just past stood politicians clinging bitterly to chronic lies. Barack Obama got the year started when, in an interview with The New Yorker magazine, he dismissed Islamic State terrorists as the JV team. He was adhering to the narrative created by his propagandists that Islamic terrorism was a thing of the past. He had killed Osama bin Laden. He could pacify Muslims with sweet talk. Now it’s possible that this was not strictly a lie. It could have been ignorance/ Michael Costello , Lewiston Tribune. More here .