Fact Checking Paul Ryan's Acceptance Speech

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First, a couple of quips: 

"Yeah, someone who exported American jobs for a living is going to help..."

"You know a party's in trouble when they send in a disheveled old guy talking to an empty chair."

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Paul Ryan's Veracity

Dave Weigel, Slate.com:
"incredible string of false or misleading statements"
http://www.slate.com/...<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_breakfast_table/features/2012/_2012_republican_national_convention/paul_ryan_s_speech_included_an_incredible_string_of_false_or_misleading_statements_.html>

Joan Walsh, Salon.com:
"His Republican National Convention speech was stunning for its dishonesty"
http://www.salon.com/...<http://www.salon.com/2012/08/30/paul_ryans_brazen_lies/>

Jonathan Cohn, the New Republic:
The Most Dishonest Convention Speech ... Ever?
http://www.tnr.com/...<http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/106730/ryan-most-dishonest-convention-speech-five-lies-gm-medicare-deficit-medicaid>

TPM:
Top 5 Fibs In Paul Ryan’s Convention Speech
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/...<http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/ryan-risks-reputation-with-misleading-nomination-speech.php>

Michael Tomasky, the Daily Beast:
"Paul Ryan pushed American politics into new territory with his convention speech, effectively daring Democrats and the media to call him out on his string of blatant falsehoods"
http://www.thedailybeast.com/...<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/30/michael-tomasky-on-paul-ryan-s-convention-speech-and-his-web-of-lies.html>

Jonathan Bernstein, the Washington Post:
Paul Ryan fails -- the truth
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/paul-ryan-fails----the-truth/2012/08/29/bbfe1eac-f254-11e1-b74c-84ed55e0300b_blog.html#pagebreak>

AP:
FACT CHECK: Convention speakers stray from reality
http://www.google.com/...<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j-oHGoQbH0RmoY7rNL47-I6BYziA?docId=dc7b2d4bcfab405989965fd9505a1aff>

Dan Amira, NY Magazine:
Paul Ryan Bets on the Ignorance of America
http://nymag.com/...<http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/08/paul-ryan-rnc-speech-lies-fact-check.html>

Fox News contributor, Sally Kohn:
“Ryan’s speech was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/...<http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/30/paul-ryans-speech-in-three-words/#ixzz252BejeYA>

Steve Benen, Maddowblog:
Paul Ryan stands on a foundation of lies
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/...<http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/08/30/13566768-paul-ryan-stands-on-a-foundation-of-lies>

Huffington Post:
PAUL TALES: RYAN MISLEADS, AGAIN AND AGAIN
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/30/paul-ryan-address_n_1841819.html>

Politicsusa:
5 Biggest lies in Romney’s speech:
http://www.politicususa.com/...<http://www.politicususa.com/5-biggest-lies-paul-ryans-rnc-acceptance-speech.html>

Bob Cesca:
Paul Ryan’s Speech: Lies, Lies and More Lies
http://bobcesca.com/...<http://bobcesca.com/blog-archives/2012/08/paul-ryans-speech-lies-lies-and-more-lies.html/>

Washington Post Editorial Board:
Mr. Ryan’s misleading speech
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mr-ryans-speech-effective-maybe-but-definitely-misleading/2012/08/30/a9b4e690-f227-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_story.html?hpid=z4>

Factcheck.org
“Paul Ryan’s acceptance speech at the Republican convention contained several false claims and misleading statements.”
http://factcheck.org/...<http://factcheck.org/2012/08/ryans-vp-spin/>

Andrew Sullivan, the Daily Beast:
The lies and lies of Paul Ryan
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/...<http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/08/the-lies-of-paul-ryan.html>

Ryan Lizza, the New Yorker:
The Paul Ryan Speech: Five Hypocrisies
http://www.newyorker.com/...<http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/08/the-paul-ryan-speech-five-fibs.html>

Jonathan Chait, NY magazine:
Paul Ryan’s large lies and one big truth
http://nymag.com/...<http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/08/paul-ryans-large-lies-and-one-big-truth.html>

James Downie, Washington Post:
Paul Ryan’s breathtakingly dishonest speech
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/paul-ryans-dishonest-speech/2012/08/30/16bb62d8-f24f-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_blog.html>

James Fallow, Atlantic
Paul Ryan and the post truth convention
http://www.theatlantic.com/...<http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/08/paul-ryan-and-the-post-truth-convention-speech/261775/>

Robert Schlesinger, US News
http://www.usnews.com/...<http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2012/08/29/paul-ryan-repeats-auto-bailout-medicare-lies>

LYIN' Santorum
Rick Santorum repeats inaccurate welfare attack on Obama
http://www.latimes.com/...<http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-santorum-welfare-obama-20120828,0,1255653.story>

Juan Cole:
Top Ten Repeated Paul Ryan Lies
http://www.juancole.com/...<http://www.juancole.com/2012/08/top-ten-repeated-paul-ryan-lies.html>

The Guardian:
Paul Ryan's speech: a round-up of his most audacious untruths
http://www.guardian.co.uk/...<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/30/paul-ryans-speech-audacious-untruths>

Charles Pierce, Esquire:
Paul Ryan Is the Newest New Nixon, a Moocher Belied
http://www.esquire.com/...<http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/paul-ryan-convention-speech-12188956>

Huffington Post
Busted! Ryan's speech fools no one
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/29/media-paul-ryan-acceptance-falsehoods_n_1841802.html>

David Firestone, NYT
Beyond Factual Dishonesty
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/...<http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/beyond-factual-dishonesty/?hp>

Josh Barro, Bloomberg
Paul Ryan’s Hypocritical Attack on Barack Obama
http://www.bloomberg.com/...<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-30/paul-ryan-s-hypocritical-attack-on-barack-obama.html>

Lindy West, Jezebel.com
Why lying is bad, a primer for confused republicans
http://jezebel.com/...<http://jezebel.com/5939325/why-lying-is-bad-a-primer-for-confused-republicans>

44 and counting... (All 44 sources are available at http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/30/1125935/-LYIN-RYAN-ALL-THE-MEDIA-PUSHBACK?detail=hide)