Politifact asked readers to rank their choices for the most significant falsehood or exaggeration that worked to undermine an accurate narrative this year. Here’s how they voted.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/dec/15/lie-year-vote-reader-cho…
2025 -A year of lies. What to make of an abysmal year for truth? PolitiFact names 2025 the Year of the Lies
https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/dec/15/lie-of-the-year-2025-win…
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/
The last 10 years have been an ugly era for facts, marked by a drumbeat of untruths and near-constant charges of "fake news" from the decade’s most influential player, President Donald Trump.
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PolitiFact readers voted Netanyahu denial of Gaza starvation as their 2025 Lie of the Year. Trump’s claims about Epstein files, Venezuela boat strikes ranked next.
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