http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/11926/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/cnn-president-made-pants-fire-claim-health-care-ap-hyperbole <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/matthew-balan">Matthew Balan</a> </div> </div> </div> <div style="float: right;"><img height="180" width="240" src="http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2010-02-12-CNN-NR-Harris.jpg" /></div><p>CNN refreshingly called out President Obama on Friday's Newsroom concerning his false claim that "for the first time...you saw more people getting health care from government than you did from the private sector." CNN's Suzanne Simons and anchor Tony Harris both used the "pants on fire" expression to describe the President's statement. The AP, on the other hand, merely labeled it "hyperbole." President Obama delivered this line at his February 9, 201</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/cnn-president-made-pants-fire-claim-health-care-ap-hyperbole" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division AP AssociatedPress BarackObama BiasAlert CNN liberalmediabias Newsroom PresidentObama SuzanneSimons TonyHarris WalterMears Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:22:00 +0000 35669 at http://archive2.mrc.org