Posted on 05/29/2013 6:01:51 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Study: PolitiFact says Republicans lie more
By DYLAN BYERS | 5/29/13 8:11 AM EDT
The fact-checking organization PolitiFact has found Republicans to be less trustworthy than Democrats, according to a new study.
Fifty-two percent of Republican claims reviewed by the Tampa Bay Times fact-checking operation were rated "mostly false," “false” or “pants on fire,” versus just 24 percent of Democratic statements, according to George Mason University's Center for Media and Public Affairs. By the same token, 54 percent of Democratic statements were rated as "mostly true" or "true," compared to just 18 percent of Republican statements.
The CMPA looked at 100 statements -- 46 by Democrats, 54 by Republicans -- that were fact-checked by PolitiFact between January 20 and May 22.
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To lefty politico “Freedom is preferable to slavery” is a lie.
Well, if you count all the b.s. that Boehner et al. say to conservatives, then yes.
For liberals, anything that doesn't agree with their worldview is a lie.
It is my understanding that the Tampa Bay Times is owned by the New York Times. Polls are easy to skewer, especially this one: just analyze dubious GOP comments and non-partisan Democrat comments. However, they still found Democrats lying 1/4 of the time. Hence the correct figure for Democrat lies is 75%(comments not counted) + 8%(comments counted) = 83%, then give it a margin of error of + or - 3%. This is not such bad calculations considering I got a D- in College Algebra.
My government lies 100% of the time about every single thing.
Are Republicans part of that government?
Yes.
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