On Tuesday
I’m cautiously optimistic that early Wednesday morning, Barack Obama will become a lame-duck president. I know that it’s difficult to unseat an incumbent president, but Obama’s performance this past...
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Consistently dishonest
Politifraud stepped in it again this week when it decided to intent-check a statement made by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio during the GOP response to President Obama’s State of the Union speech. The...
View ArticleFact checking frauds
To say I’m disgusted by the media’s so-called “fact-checkers” would be an understatement. Though they purport to hold themselves to some higher-standard for truthfulness than their “unbiased”...
View ArticlePolitifarce again
Honestly, keeping on top of the hacks a “Politifact” could be a full-time job. Maybe the Koch Bros. could hire me at an exorbitant rate to school Politifraud on their own rules. Today’s case in point...
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Any idiot can get elected to Congress
Today’s idiot is Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Democrat of Texas, proof positive that intelligence, humility and a sense of shame are unnecessary (and possibly detrimental) to a career in the House of...
View ArticleJournalism 101
I’ve said before that the longer I’ve been out of newspapers and the news business, the more disdain and outright hostility I feel for too many of those who remain in it. It’s not petty jealousy. It’s...
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Politifraud is Mostly Useless
The fact-check itself is interesting only in that it is an example of a Politifraud admission against interest. What I want to draw attention to is the Editor’s note as evidence that Politifraud is...
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True, but conservative
If you read any of the critics of the self-appointed fact-checkers at Politifraud, you’ll realize that the media organization is far from the unbiased referee it pretends to be. It’s a left-wing media...
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The Hacks at Politifact
The self-proclaimed fact-checkers at Politifact have really had a banner day today, publishing two flawed fact-checks that betray their partisan leanings. The hacks at Politifact aren’t even trying...
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Politifact California is Stupid…
…and dishonest. And not transparent. And thin-skinned. (Hat-tip to Politifactbias.com for the original observation that Politifact California is stupid. They can remove the question mark now.) A couple...
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