they said, that got four pinocchios. the response was, we are not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers. what he means by that, politicians in both parties will stretch the truth if they feel it will give them a political advantage. if that is the most effective ad, it does not matter what a bunch of nitpicking journalists might say about it. that ad moves people and has an impact. i have seen both obama and romney suddenly tweak or change or drop language called out by fact checkers. ultimately, there was a decision there that it does not mean that much to us if we fix this. we will get less grief if we treat it a bit or change it on the margins, but the key things that move voters, such as, he apologizes for america or obama with that ridiculous thing about savings from the wars, and in the same breath he criticizes george w. bush for running wars on a credit card. he will say those on this one sentence after another without any sense he is contradicting himself. there is pulling there that says that i

four pinocchios false. four pinocchios is the highest amount of lying you can do.omney ad that took the president's quote on the economy completely out of context, that was also awarded four pinocchios. then there's the campaign's recent use of a 14-year-old clip out of context from obama using the word redistribution. that too four pinocchios. but we're not done yet. romney claimed obama raised healthcare costs by $2400 per person. that also, four pinocchios. rerepeatedly claims obama went on an apology tour after taking office. he did not. four pinocchios. romney claimed that 100,000 auto industry jobs have been lost under obama. don't even get me started on that one. i'll just say what the post said. four pinocchios, false. by the way, there's a lot more. the man cannot help himself. now, i would call him a serial liar but that would probably give serial liars a bad name. let's look beyond the hypocrisy and think about team romney's calling the president a liar in advance of the debates. what is that strategy all about? mostly it is about working the refs the me

the mitt romney has on occasion changed the way he is framed things if he's gotten pinocchio's for me but there are some things that as a politician are just too good to pass up so for instance governor romney often refers to brock obama having gone on an apology tour apologizing for america that something that early on i gave four pinocchio's this is no evidence that ever took place but he keeps saying it and in fact the this situation with with egypt and libya. that was a that he tried to put that into the context of obama's claimed apology tour and that's why they went off on this tangent regarding the statement which is cliff noted was issued by an embassy staff for hours before any of these protests took place it just through social media people gay got the impression that though that happened during and afterwards because it was being retreated everywhere it's an interesting example of how perceptions can get misinterpreted because of the effect of social media you know cliff one of the one of the things i find interesting in american politics in this is for my international vie

i have on my website a pinocchio tracker for the campaign where they can see the average pinocchio ratingsfor all the candidates who've run for president, and it gives an average. but again, as we said it saw selective in the work we look at. between romney and obama, they are both in the pinocchio rains. average, there's not that much difference. for the republican primary candidates, there were some that were higher than others. michele bachman i think had the highest. >> ready we had a self-imposed mission all -- michele bachman quota. >> again, you don't know what it necessarily tells you. it's just kind of a fun thing to look at. but it does provide links to every single fact check i or my colleague have done for all the presidential candidates. >> here. >> excuse me. >> good morning. david, george mason university. in the campaign so far both candidates are in vulnerable positions of being challenged on flip-flops' of positions or promises not kept. and i've noticed so far that the tendency of both governor romney and president obama were challenged by a voter or a journalist is to n

made a comment specifically in response to someone noting that mitt romney's welfare ad got four pinocchio's for me you know why which is my worst rating and then he said well you know that's actually our our best ad the ad that gets to biggest response so we're not going to be dictated by what fact checkers say now actually i have looked very closely at this welfare issue there some of the things that the obama campaign has said to try to rebut what romney has said about welfare those of also or and put oki oh so it's not like either side is completely in a pure and driven snow here the romney campaign went way off the rails with the ad but you know they're going to keep doing it because as i said politicians will stretch the facts if they think it gives them a political advantage and they think this ad works for them so in that case do not going to care what i say you know cliff do the politicians really and i'm going to jump in your head if i had guys are ok well i just want to agree i agree with glenn again and i think i said the same thing earlier which is politicians are politicians pr

they said, that got four pinocchios. the response was, we are not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers. what he means by that, politicians in both parties will stretch the truth if they feel it will give them a political advantage. if that is the most effective ad, it does not matter what a bunch of nitpicking journalists might say about it. that ad moves people and has an impact. i have seen both obama and romney suddenly tweak or change or drop language called out by fact checkers. ultimately, there was a decision there that it does not mean that much to us if we fix this. we will get less grief if we treat it a bit or change it on the margins, but the key things that move voters, such as, he apologizes for america or obama with that ridiculous thing about savings from the wars, and in the same breath he criticizes george w. bush for running wars on a credit card. he will say those on this one sentence after another without any sense he is contradicting himself. there is pulling there that says that i

they said, that got four pinocchios. the response was, we are not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers. what he means by that, politicians in both parties will stretch the truth if they feel it will give them a political advantage. if that is the most effective ad, it does not matter what a bunch of nitpicking journalists might say about it. that ad moves people and has an impact. i have seen both obama and romney suddenly tweak or change -- suddenly tweak or change or drop language called out by fact checkers. all to the, there was a check -- decision there that it does not mean that much to us if we fix this. we will get less grief if we treat it a bit or change it on the martin -- margins, but the key things that move voters, such as, he apologizes for america or obama with that ridiculous thing about savings from the wars, and in the same breath he criticizes george w. bush for running wars on a credit card. he will say those on this one sentence after another without any sense he is contradicting h

today, "the washington post" fact checker gave the romney campaign's claim four pinocchios and this is what they wrote. his remarks were taken completely out of context. obama is not talking about all. instead, he speaks about competition, the market place and innovation. nevertheless, the romney campaign seized on the remarks as evidence of obama's apparently socialist tendencies. now, it's obviously no big surprise that the romney campaign would lie because they've been doing this with great abandon but the really outrageous thing is that at the very same time he's trying to label the president as the big bad, redistributor, he's also assuring elderly voters in florida that he will protect their medicare. folks, what is medicare? it's a social program that operates by redistributing wealth from young to old. the money for medicare comes from payroll taxes. the 15% taken out of your paycheck each month and last year payroll taxes didn't quite cover it. so $451 billion had to come from other tax revenues. yet despite medicare being quintessential example of redistribution, today romney

he gave his four pinocchio version of the president's plan.t the aarp and god bless those seniors they saw right through him and booed. >> the first step to a stronger medicare is to repeal obamacare. [ booing ] >> because it represents the worst of both worlds. i had a feeling there would be mixed reactions, so let me get into it. >> jennifer: this is what the president meant he had to go to the people to put pressure on washington, and the people are starting to catch on. they can't sell their policies honestly because nobody likes them. so they distort and obstruct, and americans still don't seem to be buying it. let me ask romney ryan and bane ear couple of questions. can you keep distorting truths that matter about medicare taxes, and our future and expect to get away with it? >> hell know you can't! >> jennifer: truer words were never spoken. up next, i have to tell you, i have been waiting all day for this one. his job is as simple as it is awesome. just travel around the world with the president and a video camera, and see what happens

. >> dana: he got four pinocchios. >> greg: nobody is buying this.residential equivalent of the dog ate my homework or the president ate my dog who ate my homework. let it go. it's over. both parties are to blame about spending. but he tied a rocket to it. you know? that is a fat guy tweaking. >> do we even know what kind of dog? >> dana: i don't really -- >> eric: talk walking down the street -- >> greg: who speaks for eaten dog. >> bob: good example of -- do go ahead. >> eric: to give you an example. okay. so -- [over talking ] under president obama whic thiss what we have gotten. $100, economic activity. it cost us $3 trillion. $300 in debt. but to get $300 in debt, you have to spend $700. you have to spend $700 to get the $100 economic activity under president obama. >> kimberly: don't give that to bob. >> eric: give me a break. >> greg: what is this powde powder? >> bob: 90% of bills have cocaine on them. >> dana: the deficit numbers are so big it can go over your head. focus for a second on the blame part. why do you think president obama const

today, the "washington post" fact checkers gave the president four pinocchios for claiming on cbs' "60utes" 90% of the boost in deficit came from leftover bush policies. >> we took emergency actions. that accounts for 10% of this increase in the deficit. >> now the economy is front and center one week from tonight at the first presidential debate. two days later the president gets a september jobs report. interesting a moment ago he told the crowd he wants to export more jobs. quickly correcting himself and said he wants to export more products and joked i was channeling my opponent there. bret? >> bret: standing next to carl are you? it looks like carl's backdrop. ed henry -- >> very similar. >> bret: thank you very much. now to the international news. close circuit video of twin bombings at the headquarters in damascus. the first blas was 7:00 in the morning and may have been a diversion. the second came as a white van goes in the complex and then explodes. four army guards were killed in the blast. 14 wounded. one iranian tv reporter killed by sniper fire later in the day. experts s

washington post" said the outsourcing stuff based on a story that was debunked and got them four pinocchiosappy to mean b there? rahm emanuel. he's out of chicago and that reduces his chance to get mugged. >> eric: senator dick durbin got upset with our good friend bret baier reporting on the news about "god" being emitted from the democratic platform. watch. >> if the narrative that is being presented on your station and through your channel and your network is that the democrats are godless people they ought to know better. >> eric: uh-oh. well, now the democrats changed their mind about "god" being in platform. was it because of that interview? we'll discuss that when we come back. ♪ ♪ humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else mes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back dow

until he got corey booker back topy noke yea land and changed his -- pinocchio land and changed the storyke the president happier. he was right the first time. >> democrats are playing rough, too. the first smear of the democratic convention in charlotte hit ryan yesterday. california state democratic party chairman burr top compareded him to nazi propagandist gerbels. >> as long as you like. gerbels, big lie. >> democrats distance themselveses in a backlash group, burton back pedaled. i didn't call republicans nazis, nor would i ever. i didn't even use the word. if mitt romney or paul ryan are insulted by my calling campaign tactic as the big lie i most humbly apologize. disturbing news from virginia, former democrat, independent and republican congressman vir jill gewd qualified as a presidential candidate for the constitution party, which some worry could take votes from romney. the virginia gop is mounting a legal challenge to have him removed from the ballot. >> romney has hunkered down for rehearsals. rob portman of ohio is the governor's sparring partner playing the role of barack

now, glen kessler has given mitt romney's comments three pinocchios today. david brooks as well and others pointing out that he just doesn't have the facts right, chris cizilla, as to who pays taxes. >> talking about federal income taxes, 46.4% of people but that exempts lots of people. there are people who pay property tax, but don't pay income tax, older folks. it's not -- it's a talking point that has been kicking around conservative circles for some time. this is not new. it is not, in fact, born out by the facts. what mitt romney is doing here is something we've seen mitt romney do before. it's what all politicians do to an extent, what he does more than others, he tends to say what he thinks his audience wants to hear. who is he talking here? $50,000 person fund-raiser, wealthy people buy and large and this sense that the wealthy are the ones paying the freight for nerve this country. unfortunately, when things like this come out, the white house did the smart thing which is to say the president believes he should be the president for the whole country

they gave her four pinocchios. politifact lifted it. they said her pants were on fire.i quoted her accurately. neither one are partisan conservative outlets. >> we saw the congresswoman a few hours ago at the presidential rally but this is not the first time she's been challenged about her remarks. are these incidents you think affecting her job as a dnc chair when you're there in washington listening to people? is she in danger of becoming an issue for the campaign, you think? >> look, i don't want to speculate beyond what my reporting was. i'm here to talk about her accusations about me. i don't kind of want to get into the analysis of whether she's damaging democrats or not. >> all right. philip klein thank you. we appreciate you coming on. if the congresswoman is not here to defend herself, she was on last night if she'd like to come back on, we'll have her back on as well. philip klein, requests washington examiner," thank you. >>> is she a distraction to the president's re-election efforts? her answer coming up at 7:00 p.m. stay tuned. >>> the reason we are devoti

when people who have checked us out like in "the washington post," politifact said that's a four pinocchiostatement. that's an utter lie. the president hasn't gone around the world apologizing. can you give me one example of when the president apologizeed? >> we've seen in cairo and we've seen even in the statement that came out of embassy cairo after the attack that this super uber -- >> jennifer: you think that was an apology for america? >> this super conciliatory approach that if we somehow -- you know, are super understanding, we bow down to foreign leaders we apologize for mistakes -- >> jennifer: wait, what you're suggesting though is that we should -- america sort of absorbs that ridiculous movie. that it is okay with us. that we don't distance ourselves from something because it didn't come from american government, that movie. >> it certainly wasn't. that's why we shouldn't it. that youtube clip has nothing to do with the u.s. government. >> jennifer: isn't that the point? >> the point is we believe in freedom of speech. >> jennifer: we do. i'm so sorry. they're telling me i gott

the "washington post" gave it four pinocchios and quote, a mitt romney tv ad claims the obama administration has adopted a plan to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements. the plan does neither of those things. back to the claim governor romney made about correcting ads or statements if there's anything factually wrong or amiss as he said, jim acosta called and e-mailed the romney campaign to ask if they could give any examples of that happening. so far he's gotten no response. jim acosta joins me now. so does lori robinson of factcheck.org. jim, you pressed governor romney on that welfare ad which independent fact checkers have said was false. he didn't back down. not only did he not back down, he seemed to double down on it. >> reporter: right. that's right, anderson. he did not back away from that statement at all and as a matter of fact, this is a pretty steady and constant claim that he makes out on the campaign trail. he talks about it at his campaign rallies, he talks about it in interviews so that's why we asked him about it, because it struck us on the campaign plane the ot

provide some kind of a smokescreen for an ad that has been called a pants on fire lie and four pinocchios dishonest, why do that? i think the reason is very clear. this is manipulating the truth to try, i think, to appeal to the worst instincts. i worked with ron haskins on welfare reform and he says, i quote, there is no plausible scenario on which it -- he means this ad -- really constitutes a serious attack on welfare reform. he goes on to say, the idea -- i repeat this -- that the administration is going to try to overturn welfare reform is ridiculous. and then he says republicans are the ones who talk about giving the states more flexibility. now, all of a sudden the states shouldn't get the flexibility because they're going to mess it up. it doesn't make sense. but it's worse than nonsense. it's pernicious. the ad is pernicious and it's beneath the dignity of this house for republicans in the house who are doing nothing on major issues to do something to try to protect the former governor of massachusetts, their candidate for president. this house deserves much better than becoming

"the washington post" gave the president for pinocchios on the claim it was bush's fault. is romney missing opportunity to go after obama on his record and misstatements, stories i hear out of politico for one is he focused more on mistruths in the debates and the campaign. is that a good strategy? >> it's really one of the few arrows he has left. no question about it. he won't win in election by attacking president obama. he has to give the american people a clear and cojent plan why he's better and a better bet to take. it's always a risk when you turn away from an incumbent president. americans have shown their willingness to do so. the carter election and the first george bush election when bill clinton got elected, but they have to have a reason. they have to have a reason. >> isn't obama's record a good reason? should not mitt romney be talking more about that record? >> he should, but he also has to couple that with why he would be different. what would he do? on the issue of debt that you just talked about, on the issue of debt, romney we saw softened his position

if pinocchio declared, my nose is about to grow what would his nose at shipley do? because it began to grow it meant he was telling the truth and should not of grown. if it doesn't grow, if it was lying commission of groan. i tweeted at one time. people said mine alone. thank you all for coming tonight. [applause] >> during the republican and democratic conventions, we are asking middle and high school students to send a message to the president as part of this year's c-span didn't cam video documentary competition. students will answer the question, what is the most important issue the president to consider? for a chance to win the grand prize of $5,000.50 thousand in total prize available. c-span students can video competition is open to students grades 6-12. for complete details and rules go online. >> i think you can sum up this very timely book. i hope you enjoy it. it is -- i think it can be summed up in one sentence. seldom, if ever in our history have we seen such a concerted series of vicious personal attacks directed against any president of the united sta