Lies, damn lies and politics

Actually an interesting look at PolitiFact's stats from their fact-checking over the past 8 years. Though I'm sure many here will dismiss it, even though it's backed with stories with quotes and numbers you can find yourself.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/o...B054A6F577954AD5B8F&gwt=pay&assetType=opinion

 

The editor of PolitiFarce saying PolitiFarce is reliable. Color me shocked.

 

I still remember how one of Romney's spokesmen said they wouldn't let fact checkers dictate their campaign.

It said an awful lot to me.

 

Now, THAT was unexpected. I know how you hate your facts. You know, if someone is quoted as saying something and then say they never said it, it's not hard to track down. But you can't be bothered with such things.

 

Sometimes there is video or audio of them saying it and they still didn't say it.

 

Every single thing Trump says is a lie. Every single thing.

Carson is wrong about pretty much everything he says, but a lot of it is ignorance and stupidity.

Trump knows he's lying and doesn't give a shit.

 

Just occurred to me that o_t isn't even willing to utter the word "fact."

 

Can you point to one thing they've gotten wrong?

 

You know the answer to that

 

I can point to a number of things they've gotten wrong. And the real bias is in what things they choose to "rate" and how they choose to rate them.

Obama says "2+1=4" and they rate it "mostly true" because 3 is 3/4 of the way to 4. Cruz says "terrorism is our biggest threat" and they rate it "mostly false" because Obama says ISIS is contained and global warming is a bigger threat. Facts used to be objective things. Not so with PolitiFarce.

Liberal journalists defending their liberal heroes. Nothing more.

 

I highly doubt you have read any of their stuff. You could cite some examples.

 

I really don't care what you doubt. It's in my local paper, the one I wrote for for 25 years. I know the people who do it and I know their biases.