"Why would they say that?"

That was the response of the Brilliant and Beautiful Bride of Upper Left after accidentally viewing a few minutes of jabber on Faux News a couple of nights ago. She happens, being a daily consumer of at least two newspapers and this blog, to be an exceedingly well informed citizen, so it was quickly apparent to her that the only news to be found on Citizen Murdoch's network was that there were no facts being reported.

Her question was a good one, and as usual, The Oracle...ahem, I mean Digby, has the answer...

"They just lie" is the assumption from which you must begin when one of these "stories" starts to percolate.

They just lie.

You might call them lying liars, even. You might even say "They are the most crooked, lying group I've ever seen." Someone beat you to it, though...