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Study: PolitiFact Says Republicans Lie Three Times More Often Than DemsTom Kludt at Talking Points Memo
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/study-politifact-says-republicans-lie-three-times-more
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One of the most prominent political fact-checkers has shown Republicans to be much less honest than their Democratic counterparts, according to findings from a study released Tuesday by George Mason University.
The study, conducted from the beginning of President Barack Obama's second term in January through last week, found that PolitiFact.com has rated Republican claims as false three times more often than Democratic claims.
According to the study, 32 percent of GOP claims were rated as "false" or "pants on fire" by PolitiFact, compared with 11 percent of claims by Democrats.
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caraher
(6,276 posts)"PolitiFact is biased!"
And they might be right, after a fashion - only 32% of GOP claims are lies?
applegrove
(118,020 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)caraher
(6,276 posts)he goes nuts because (a) he doesn't know the reference and (b) he thinks I'm arrogantly saying liberals are always right about everything (rather than mocking conservatives' habitual disregard of inconvenient facts)
BainsBane
(53,001 posts)because even GOP congresspeople are so poorly informed.
applegrove
(118,020 posts)lies.
kentuck
(110,950 posts)aren't they??
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)If it is only 32%, then that probably means that a lot of them genuinely believe the drivel that they tout because they've been on the wrong side of virtually every issue so far, whether it's health care, guns, the environment, or the economy. Very rarely do I hear any Republicans nowadays say anything that makes sense.
rrneck
(17,671 posts)Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)Repukes lie 100 times more than democrats. Anyone who says otherwise is a fool.