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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs Factcheck.org a Reliable Source?
People on the right keep using it to make their arguments. I get Factcheck and politifact confused. Anyone know if Factcheck is correct.
snot
(10,649 posts)zbdent
(35,392 posts)they still hold fast to the idea that Romney left Bain in 1999 ...
DPC.Comment
(42 posts)Last edited Sun Sep 9, 2012, 03:21 PM - Edit history (2)
I think one can safely assume the poster was asking whether they perform legitimate fact checking, not whether they are as inerrant. Even if they are wrong on a particular issue on either side, that doesn't mean they are an illegitimate source of policy or political analysis. Would that others were all as inerrant as you and I. Hmmm...
leveymg
(36,418 posts)There is no longer any single source that can be relied upon for accuracy without bias on every issue. Do your own research. Use your own judgment.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Same with any journalist you can think of. Pull them out from under the bus to shower them with love and vice versa depending on their latest opinion.
DPC.Comment
(42 posts)My observation: they sometimes err towards overlooking fact-checking they should be doing on the right, but when they do fact check on either side, it is generally legit -- finding truth and fiction in equal measure on all sides.
The best indication that their analysis is OK: both sides that they are biased and "liberal dominated" or "extreme right dominated." When the both fringes complain, you can generally consider them to be doing their job fairly well.
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