This raises the one huge issue I've had with Politifact for a long time (and I generally like them a lot). They have a very irritating tendency to miss the forest for the trees.
The one that drove me up the wall earlier this year involved Medicare. Don't have the link at my disposal, but the short version is that a Democrat said the Republicans were trying to kill Medicare. Politifact ruled it false. But the distinction was that the Republican position was to change Medicare to a system that had no relationship to the current one save the name. Because the name wasn't changing, Politifact ruled they weren't killing it. On Jun 22, 2011, at 4:07 AM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> wrote: > And the controversial Politifact article. > > http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/jun/20/jon-stewart/jon-stewart-says-those-who-watch-fox-news-are-most/ > > and reaction > > http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2011/jun/21/readers-sound-about-our-false-jon-stewart/ > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
