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rfmcdonaldChristopher Bird and Hamutal Dotan's extended fisking of a speech given by Toronto mayor Rob Ford, highlighting his exaggerations and outright lies, is an achievement.
They count 54.
Go, read the whole thing. (The more than 200 comments at the bottom of the page are also worthy of reading, if only out of morbid curiosity.)
We have often pointed out that Rob Ford lies all the time; he lies habitually, ceaselessly, and carelessly. He does not even lie particularly well: his lies are blatant, easily disproved with a little research or basic knowledge.
But how mendacious, exactly, is our mayor? How often does he omit, mislead, prevaricate, or just make stuff up? Luckily, Rob Ford gave what was his first real campaign speech of 2014 (as opposed to the countless unofficial campaign speeches he has been giving for years now) at the Economic Club of Canada, and we have decided to record, for posterity, every single time Rob Ford was less than honest. We have divided these instances into two categories: straight-up This Ain’t Right moments in red, and statements that are distortions, but not quite as clear cut, in orange.
They count 54.
Go, read the whole thing. (The more than 200 comments at the bottom of the page are also worthy of reading, if only out of morbid curiosity.)
