Fact-Checking Has Become Opinion Journalism

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by APACHERAT, Sep 27, 2016.

  1. Foolardi

    Foolardi Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    If the Truth was cut and dry then how come the democrat party tries so hard
    to ignore it.In like ... Taking the 5th.
    Ignoring subpoenas.Stonewalling.Polling of ObamaCare before the final vote.
    How many times was FactCheck.org used to verify a Video was
    the cause of the Benghazi attack.
    You're being micromanaged.
     
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    Vegas giants Banned

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    Have you checked factcheck.org about Benghazi? If the truth is the enemy then the war is already lost. We should welcome fact checkers. They keep us honest
     
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    Foolardi Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Give us the name of a major Democrat who was humiliated by some
    FactCheck.org revelation.
    You are being micromanaged.
     
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    Vegas giants Banned

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    President Obama. You need only check the site. But if someone lies a lot....shouldn't they be on there more?
     
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    Foolardi Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    You are hopelessly lost in the political world of being Stooged.
    Where Reality is whatever the MSM decides on a daily basis.
    How come as soon as Obama arrived in the Oval Office,almost
    Immediately No More Casualty Count.Cindy Sheehan { Iraq war critic mom}
    became invisible.because Obama wasn't about to be henpecked over
    the way he Handled the Iraq war.
    Same with FactChecking and Democrats.
    It's used to get fellow Democrats cleared of false facts while feverishly
    used to humiliate Republicans.
     
  6. ChiCowboy

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    That would be me and George W. Bush. Maybe you're too young to remember him. That's okay. Google it. "George W. Bush spreading democracy throughout the middle East."
     
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    Foolardi Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    What exactly did they say Obama LIED about.Give dates & times if yer such a
    pro on FactCheck.org.

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    Go away Ya bother me Kid.
     
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    You are free to ignore the truth if you like. There is no such thing as a false fact. That is called a lie. You really have become a master of newspeak.
     
  9. Foolardi

    Foolardi Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    It is doublespeak to claim fact checking of one's opinion.
    Facts are cut & dry.Opinions can run the gamet.
    Opinions can and do change.Facts stay put..
    An Opinion is a belief.A fact is something that already happened and is
    supported by empirical evidence.
    Therefore FactChecking one's Opinion on a matter is highly subjective.
    One can easily have a wrong opinion.But not a wrong fact.
     
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    One can not fact check an opinion. Factcheck does not do that. Go see the site for yourself. Search Obama lies if you like.
     
  11. Sam Bellamy

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    In a Republic the minority still has a voice. In a Democracy the minority is powerless against the majority.
     
  12. Sam Bellamy

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    Fact checking is pointless in a statistical world run amuck. Too many cherries to be picked.
     
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    Facts are not cherries. Facts are simply the truth. And some do not want to see the truth.....it is too ugly
     
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    Thats the nothing nothing humiliates them .

    How is it the moderator missed the TPP thing

    Now who am I quoting there ?
     
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    Lmao. Is that you Donnie? You really should check your buttons. They're far too easy to push.
     
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    Ironic to see a rogue's gallery of LW posters who rarely if ever post anything close to "facts" or any other indicia of adult discussion in their posts defend fact-checking so vehemently. Ironic and hilarious.
     
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    Pot meet kettle. Lol
     
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    CNN and Fox 'fact' checked the debate. Both had starkly different truth's. Cherries aplenty.
     
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    "Fact-Checking Has Become Opinion Journalism "

    true, it should be left to the professionals

    reality tv stars have become Presidential Candidates too

    the world is getting crazy

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    The fact that a community organizer who never ran anything became president proves indeed the world is getting crazy. Especially when elected twice
     
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    he was in government prior to being President.... Trump has no experience at all

    the Candidate that has experience is Hillary if that is what your looking for

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    Democracy is a principle, Sam. There are no direct democracies. We are a democratic republic. The word "democratic" is an adjective, not a noun. It's really very simple, and certainly not worth arguing about.

    When people talk about "our democracy," they're talking about our principles, not our form of government, so responding with "we're not a democracy" is totally oblivious to the point being made.
     
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    That is EXACTLY what the flaks at FactCheck sites are up to.
    WHEN Donald Trump said such and such and that makes him a liar
    because he hinted when asked by Howard Stern about the War in Iraq.
    Talk about clueless.
     
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    They have given up any pretense of being objective. They're fine with being objectionable.
     

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