

Help I can’t stop lying
Harry Reid no longer dubbed Dirty Harry is now called Dirty Liar, he really stepped off into a big pile of poo this time, and can’t seem to get it off his shoe. so fact checker stepped in to check out Dirty Liar’s claim, here is what they found.
Originally Dirty Liar told the Huffington Post that a person who had invested with Bain Capital had called his office and told him that Romney didn’t pay taxes for ten years. Then, he told reporters in Nevada that “I have had a number of people tell me that.”
Reid has refused to identify his source (or sources). Romney and his campaign aides have emphatically denied the charge but Reid has stood firm. “I don’t think the burden should be on me,” he said. “The burden should be on him. He’s the one I’ve alleged has not paid any taxes.”
This whole exchange poses a fact-checking conundrum. Generally, we maintain that the person or the campaign making the charge must back it up. Reid has refused to provide any evidence, except for the (unproven) fact that someone called him up and told him something that may be true — or simply a rumor.
Reid has generated a lot of controversy with his claim that presumptive GOP nominee did not pay any taxes for 10 years. He originally told the Huffington Post that a person who had invested with Bain Capital had called his office and told him this. Then, he told reporters in Nevada that “I have had a number of people tell me that.”
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