[Update: Looks like NRO once again caught Dylan Matthews “fact checking” Paul Ryan. This time Matthews set his sites on the Carter/Obama comparison that Ryan mentioned. So Matthews decided to use his skillful, analytical intellect to compile some charts. One problem, the characterization of his intellect just used is completely inaccurate. A correct characterization would be something like: a bumbling, dullard confounded by logic compiled the charts. It turns out he got busted cherry picking metrics to favor Obama and then believed his own jive and stated that the economy is doing better now than in 2009. Problem is, “…this is the year of the fact-checkers, and under the standards set by Matthews’s editor, this sort of thing would be classified as dishonest and untrue.” Doh!]
A few times this week, I stumbled on information about Fact Checker’s malfeasance.
First, on Tuesday, the “Politifiction” piece by the Editors at National Review Online reported on the skullduggery of Politifact. Among others, it demolished Politifacts flaccid refutation of the Romney ad that claimed Obama raided $716 billion from medicare. It’s definitely worth a read because it portends what’s to come and how “mistakes”, “mishaps” and “misunderstandings” will all coincidentally benefit BHO.
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