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FactCheck.org is dangerously biased
vanity ^ | September 12, 2008 | Jackson

Posted on 09/13/2008 3:43:57 PM PDT by lonestar67

Palin says Alaska supplies 20 percent of U.S. energy. Not true. Not even close.

(Excerpt) Read more at factcheck.org ...


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KEYWORDS: election; factcheck; factcheckorg; mediabias
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To: rbmillerjr

See posts 18 and 20.


21 posted on 09/13/2008 4:14:49 PM PDT by SAJ
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To: lonestar67
Something to counter factcheck.org as a non-biased site.

The APPC accepts NO funding from business corporations, labor unions, political parties, lobbying organizations or individuals. It is funded primarily by the Annenberg Foundation.

22 posted on 09/13/2008 4:17:18 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (McCain/Palin 2008 : Palin the Paladin 2012)
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To: mrsmith

I went the the site and find it funny that they have two articles on GOP spin at the convention. Funny I cannot find any articles on DNC spin at their convention.

No, no bias there at all.


23 posted on 09/13/2008 4:21:58 PM PDT by roostercogburn
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To: FFranco

Yeah, that’s a good attitude.


24 posted on 09/13/2008 4:25:44 PM PDT by top 2 toe red (Elizabeth, what are you doing on the 'View' hanging out with those lipstick wearing Pigs?!?)
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To: FFranco

” If we lose this year, I am giving up. I’ll go on the dole and collect as much as possible from Uncle Sam, working Americans, the UN, and anyone else I can gouge money out of.”

Then you will just become one of the bad guys. Better to go down fighting, as a free man, with your honor and your pride than to quit and become just like the enemy.


25 posted on 09/13/2008 4:29:18 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: SAJ

“On the same subject, different topic: AL produces 12.8% of US domestically-produced crude....”

Alabama has that much domestic crude? Who knew?


26 posted on 09/13/2008 4:33:19 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: FFranco
WOW dude, what kinda’ attitude is that?

If you're going to act like a squishy lib, see ya’

27 posted on 09/13/2008 4:36:39 PM PDT by ThreePuttinDude () ......Pelosi + Reid = $ 4.00 per gallon......()
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To: FFranco

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28 posted on 09/13/2008 4:40:03 PM PDT by loboinok (Gun control is hitting what you aim at!)
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To: ought-six

See post 20, posted well before yours.


29 posted on 09/13/2008 4:47:20 PM PDT by SAJ
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To: muawiyah

http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/obama-ayers-annenberg-and-acorn-a-family-affair/

some deeper info on the whole connection


30 posted on 09/13/2008 4:50:13 PM PDT by Capt Conservative
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To: SAJ

“See post 20, posted well before yours.”

I respond to a post when I read it. I don’t usually read through all the rest before I respond to the one I want to comment on. Hence, I responded before I ever got to post #20.


31 posted on 09/13/2008 4:57:57 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: top 2 toe red; ought-six; ThreePuttinDude; loboinok

Sorry guys, but I get so discouraged sometimes when I see someone who is supposed to be fair and unbiased so completely in the bag for the socialists and commies who are trying to bring our country down and make us like the rest of the Leftist world. I apologize. I shouldn’t have vented my temporary discouragement on FR.

I will keep fighting the good fight against the Commies as long as I can. Though it’s hard to keep battling with a leader who so readily compromises with evil. At least we’ve got Mrs. Palin with him. Maybe she can help keep him headed in the right direction, but it’s going to be an ongoing battle for all of us, even with McCain in the White House.


32 posted on 09/13/2008 6:02:01 PM PDT by FFranco
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To: lonestar67

I dunno. I think when it does the more subjective stuff, it can be biased, but on the straightforward “facts” it’s not really that bad. For instance:

http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/did_mccain_crash_five_planes.html

Debunking the nonsense about McCain crashing five planes. In fact, McCain was noted for “superb airmanship,” and factcheck highlights this. On the Palin business about 20% of the energy supplies, that’s more of a subjective thing. The article they have does, in fact, confirm that at least one source states that Alaska is responsible for 20% of oil and gas production in the US; factcheck argues with this because it is an average, and it does not constitute 20% of all energy supplies (since the vast majority of our energy supply is provided by terrorist-sponsoring countries).

So yes, on the things that can be spun, they tend to spin left, but they are fairly straight shooting on those things that are not spinnable—which is much more than we can say about the MSM.


33 posted on 09/13/2008 6:55:16 PM PDT by Ilya Mourometz
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To: lonestar67

Yes, they are biased, and a mostly democratic group.

But it’s harder for them to attack you if you don’t actually say things that are wrong.

Alaska doesn’t supply 20% of our energy. And the bad thing is, it doesn’t make any difference.

The point would have been just as strong if she had said they provide over 15% of our domestic oil production.


34 posted on 09/13/2008 7:10:54 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: lonestar67

FACTCHECK is run by the Annenburg Foundation. Obama was a “community organizer for the Annenburg folks.

Doesn’t take much to figure out what’s going on.


35 posted on 09/13/2008 7:20:32 PM PDT by TaxRelief (Walmart: Keeping my family on-budget since 1993.)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

Alaska provides 18% of our natural gas and oil. She did not say our energy supply. She said “domestic energy supply”

Here again, liberals are never held to anything close to this level of verbal precision.

Stand up for Sarah.

Sarah told the truth. Factcheck lied.


36 posted on 09/13/2008 7:22:09 PM PDT by lonestar67 (Its time to withdraw from the War on Bush-- your side is hopelessly lost in a quagmire.)
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