Friday, November 26, 2010
"‘Politifact’ is often more politics than facts"
Information everywhere and we still don't know who to believe.
Now, even "fact-checkers" are biased...
Now, even "fact-checkers" are biased...
Mark Hemingway writes at WashingtonExaminer.com:
"You may have run across Politifact before. It’s a feature of the St. Petersburg Times that purports to fact check political statements, rating them “true” or “false.” In 2009, Politifact won a Pulitzer prize, so people put a lot of a faith and credibility in what they say. However, rather than objectively weighing the facts, Politifact is hardly above employing highly-politicized context to render judgment."
