Comments on: Fact-checking the “fact-checkers” https://thenewneo.com/2012/09/05/fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/ A blog about political change, among other things Thu, 06 Sep 2012 04:21:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Sam L. https://thenewneo.com/2012/09/05/fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/#comment-411655 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 04:21:47 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19776#comment-411655 Yep, it’s a diss guise.

]]> By: Curtis https://thenewneo.com/2012/09/05/fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/#comment-411597 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:50:03 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19776#comment-411597 Here’s an example of bringing the bear to bay:

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/09/04/Campaign-Spokesman-Robert-Gibbs-Grilled-By-Breitbarts-Ben-Shapiro

]]> By: Artfldgr https://thenewneo.com/2012/09/05/fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/#comment-411593 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:20:12 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19776#comment-411593 And who would watch the watchers?

]]> By: davisbr https://thenewneo.com/2012/09/05/fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/#comment-411416 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:24:53 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19776#comment-411416 @neo-neocon: oh, I think they know only too well what it means. But their Cause is righteous, so it’s a feature, not a bug.

…heh: that was just my round-about way of saying pretty much the same thing, neo in re: “complement” …it wasn’t misspelled 😉

]]> By: Baltimoron https://thenewneo.com/2012/09/05/fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/#comment-411390 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:41:37 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19776#comment-411390 The fact checking thing is just a fad among political journalists. I will deal with them the same way I dealt with parachute pants, by calmly waiting for them to go away.
Anyway, there is one good thing about this fad: If you have separate fact checking segments in a newspaper or website, then you’re implicitly admitting that the regular news articles aren’t necessarily factual, nor are they supposed to be. And now that the factcheckers themselves turned out to be hacks, hopefully more people will realize there’s no such thing as bias free news.

]]> By: Conrad https://thenewneo.com/2012/09/05/fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/#comment-411353 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:24:10 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19776#comment-411353 Most of them should really be called “hack checkers.”

]]> By: George Pal https://thenewneo.com/2012/09/05/fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/#comment-411349 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:18:35 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19776#comment-411349 The fourth estate as fifth columnists with a sixth sense. How does that not add up to neo-Soviet Party Organ.

]]> By: Roman https://thenewneo.com/2012/09/05/fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/#comment-411344 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:14:26 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19776#comment-411344 When you are already confidant in what the results will be, why should you be concerned with the process? The Left knows how to live your life better than you do. Do not question them, or bother them with facts.

]]> By: kcom https://thenewneo.com/2012/09/05/fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/#comment-411340 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:07:48 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19776#comment-411340 They honestly seem to be more opinion checkers than fact checkers. And, guess what, the opinions they check are “wrong”. Objectively. So there.

]]> By: neo-neocon https://thenewneo.com/2012/09/05/fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/#comment-411328 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:48:17 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19776#comment-411328 davisbr: oh, I think they know only too well what it means. But their Cause is righteous, so it’s a feature, not a bug.

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