It was definitely a blatant lie.    From LearnThat.org. 

blatant radios.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

blatant disregard of the law.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Nigerian government of what it called blatant contempt for the rule of law.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It also criticised what it called the blatant disregard of the principals of consultation embodied in the African National.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

But some of the students, who talked to reporters, debunked the declaration by the proprietor, which they described as a blatant lie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Up Station Mountain Club] Reference

And was seconded in blatant inaccuracy by another.    From Wordnik.com.  [Social Security Privatization, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Do all Clinton supporters believe in blatant hypocrisy?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinton vows to continue, presses new math] Reference

It reads, "Once again, Democrats are engaging in blatant political attacks.".    From Wordnik.com.  [July 2005] Reference

AOL releases search queries for 650,000 users in blatant disregard for privacy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aol Releases Googles most prized Keyword List… Google is gonna get mega spammed. « The Paradigm Shift] Reference

"The bottom line is the Democrats are engaged in blatant partisan political attacks ....".    From Wordnik.com.  [07/12/2005] Reference

Sure Tom opposing policies in blatant violation of the most basic human rights is paranoid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Beck calls Bush a ‘progressive,’ says Obama is doing ‘exactly’ the same thing.] Reference

But, leading reformist Mir Hossein Mousavi is calling for the counting to stop, noting what he calls blatant violations.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 13, 2009] Reference

But Cooke accused Nickles of engaging in "blatant retribution" by demanding that he turn over the information so quickly.    From Wordnik.com.  [D.C. councilman must submit papers about 'Team Thomas' nonprofit] Reference

How can we even have a constructive conversation about it when some people seem so content to wallow in blatant ignorance?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Battle intensifies for Murtha's former seat] Reference

The most blatant is probably the fact that Jin conveniently falls in love with the object of her hastily arranged marriage.    From Wordnik.com.  [REVIEW: Lamentation by Ken Scholes] Reference

There are few things I have strong visceral reactions to, but Hanoi Jane's participation in blatant treason, is one of them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Enough already] Reference

This is in blatant and intentional violation of the constitutional which, as decided in Roe v. Wade, protects the right to abortion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waldo Jaquith - Telling me I’m stupid does nothing to endear me to your cause.] Reference

Then, French superstar Thierry Henry's blatant (and really, this play defines the word blatant) handball resulted in the tying goal in extra time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference

Peter Beaumont, with what can only be described as a blatant lie.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

The guitars are heavy, without being blatant, which is quite pleasant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website] Reference

These kinds of things happen all the time, in what can only be called blatant acts of political bigotry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Open Letter To John Nichols and Air America] Reference

One nice thing about the bias in A People’s History being so blatant is that it’s easy to filter out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » A People’s History of the United States] Reference

So he is involved at a deeper level as well, but to call a blatant fact about the man "gibberish" is very weak.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

While Justin makes efforts, he leans to the left, and that includes what I'd call blatant cheerleading for Obama.    From Wordnik.com.  [Donklephant] Reference

Entertainment Television-what Sabin called a blatant violation of an exclusivity clause in Gosselin's TLC contract.    From Wordnik.com.  [E! Online (US) - Top Stories] Reference

The Bophuthatswana government this morning condemned in the strongest terms blatant attempts by South African Foreign.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It did con the mainstream corporate media very effectively into calling blatant corporatist, economic elitist policies "populist.".    From Wordnik.com.  [American Chronicle] Reference

Because it really does seem like there’s been a significant increase in blatant, obvious racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry these days.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Other News: Race Activists Now Have Superpowers] Reference

Not only did a global power mislabel a blatant war of aggression as a humanitarian act, but it declared itself legibus solutius, or above the law.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Photown News] Reference

Is that what you call blatant behavior?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

Should malpractice insurance even be able to be used for this kind of blatant error?.    From Wordnik.com.  [kevynwight Diary Entry] Reference

And allocation will always be subject to the kind of blatant unfairness that exists today.    From Wordnik.com.  [An alternative to the Barnett Formula] Reference

Do most people there believe it's OK to allow this kind of blatant discrimination to continue?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aubrey Sarvis: Outrage Is Overdue] Reference

But this is the kind of blatant foreign editorial support that could backfire for the Democratic nominee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Katovsky: Euro-trashed: McCain and GOP Aim to Redefine Obama as Un-American] Reference

I am so appalled that this kind of blatant racism, as these kids allege, could possibly occur in this day in age.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 26, 2009] Reference

This is the kind of blatant BS that reveals McCain's lack of honesty and his penchant for irrational rationalizations.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain: Obama Has Nothing In Common With Hamas -- But The Voters Think It Should Be An Issue, Anyway] Reference

Griggs decision, since codified into law, but at least five Justices are still able to object to this kind of blatant racial injustice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Firefighter Justice] Reference

JON KYL (R), ARIZONA: I never saw the kind of blatant partisan politics emerge that has apparently emerged, as revealed in this memorandum.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 5, 2003] Reference

Unfortunately many of the interpreters of spiritualism have degraded it into a kind of blatant necromancy which is in no way dignified or useful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gilbert Keith Chesterton] Reference

Fox News has found the same kind of blatant racist rhetoric from another pastor who is also a Senator from Chicago, and a pro-Obama superdelegate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poll Sheds Light On Impact Wright Is Having On Obama] Reference