Weatherman2020
Diamond Member
Ministry of Truth is more like it.
Here’s an easy test to see whether fact-checking websites can make any claim to be “independent” and nonpartisan in tone. Biden staffers claimed Republicans “defunded the police.” That’s a bald-faced lie.
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Fact-checking sites that are still dogged Trump critics somehow skipped over this one. AP Fact Check was AWOL. CNN’s Daniel Dale and his team couldn’t locate this one. Snopes.com spent time on scintillating articles like “Is This a Reindeer with Glow-in-the-Dark Antlers?” and “Is This 3D Cat Really Just a Flat Billboard?”
PolitiFact has given a free pass to Jen Psaki. She doesn’t even have a page on PolitiFact. There are no fact checks, almost six months into Biden’s term. There’s also no page for Cedric Richmond, who served ten years in the House before advising Biden.
However, try the search term “defund police” in the PolitiFact search engine, you get a pile of articles rushing to the defense of various Democrats. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris didn't favor defunding the police. The same goes for Mark Kelly and Mark Warner. You can easily sense how selective and defensive PolitiFact looks overall.
Here’s an easy test to see whether fact-checking websites can make any claim to be “independent” and nonpartisan in tone. Biden staffers claimed Republicans “defunded the police.” That’s a bald-faced lie.
……
Fact-checking sites that are still dogged Trump critics somehow skipped over this one. AP Fact Check was AWOL. CNN’s Daniel Dale and his team couldn’t locate this one. Snopes.com spent time on scintillating articles like “Is This a Reindeer with Glow-in-the-Dark Antlers?” and “Is This 3D Cat Really Just a Flat Billboard?”
PolitiFact has given a free pass to Jen Psaki. She doesn’t even have a page on PolitiFact. There are no fact checks, almost six months into Biden’s term. There’s also no page for Cedric Richmond, who served ten years in the House before advising Biden.
However, try the search term “defund police” in the PolitiFact search engine, you get a pile of articles rushing to the defense of various Democrats. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris didn't favor defunding the police. The same goes for Mark Kelly and Mark Warner. You can easily sense how selective and defensive PolitiFact looks overall.
Column: Come On, Fact Checkers, Republicans Did Not Defund the Police
Here’s an easy test to see whether fact-checking websites can make any claim to be “independent” and nonpartisan in tone. Biden staffers claimed Republicans “defunded the police.” That’s a bald-faced lie.
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