How @Politifact turns a 100% factual statement into "half-true." Impressive, really. https://t.co/eFYMX0BhTZ
— RBe (@RBPundit) August 24, 2015
The Alliance Defending Freedom and many others have pointed out that Planned Parenthood is not licensed at any of their clinics to perform mammograms.
Politifact took on that one and offered this ruling:
"Zero Planned Parenthood facilities are licensed to do mammograms." http://t.co/iVzH69Oi22 @PolitiFactGA pic.twitter.com/2Iq6OuWDMp
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) August 24, 2015
In the explanation, Politifact admitted that the claim is all true, but then started spinning until it turned into only “half true”:
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/635900172954902528
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/635901276124016642
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/635900669334003712
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/635905489453223936
This is beyond laughable. The article says the statement is literally, factually true. Still rated as “half true." https://t.co/x7cOvxsCjN
— Aaron Earls (@WardrobeDoor) August 24, 2015
https://twitter.com/pastoralmusings/status/635906514990067713
"..Mattox is correct,by Planned Parenthood’s own acknowledgement, that the organization does not provide mammograms" https://t.co/5DpWeWvNqt
— Jessica Heddings (@JessicaHeddings) August 24, 2015
This is *literally* true, so we decided to ask a different question. https://t.co/ObAyH3q3JN
— PoliMath (@politicalmath) August 24, 2015
@lachlan LOL… "When we completely muddle the situation, it gets very complicated and unclear"
— LonestarV (@LonestarV) August 24, 2015
https://twitter.com/motionview/status/635910916148563972
https://twitter.com/zhanover/status/635906086680305664
https://twitter.com/Robb_C90/status/635894054383841280
And Planned Parenthood admits it themselves.
Politifact, smdh. @rorycooper https://t.co/SlvdQL9FCZ
— William Allison (@WilliamAllison) August 24, 2015
Completely factual, yet only half-true. Zombie George Orwell says "I told you so." @PolitiFact @PolitiFactGA https://t.co/CVTT1sNaWJ
— Pablo (@Pablo_1791) August 24, 2015
@PolitiFact @PolitiFactGA You have beclowned yourself again. Nice job defending your friends at @PPact
— Styles Bitchley (@StylesBitchley1) August 24, 2015
@PolitiFact @PolitiFactGA In the same sense that it's only half true that you guys are partisan hacks.
— Charles T. -Downtown (@crack_bass) August 24, 2015
@PolitiFact This can't be "half true." There is no middle ground. It's either true or false. You are purposely protecting @PPact. #shameful
— Still Notyobusiness (@SgtMelons) August 24, 2015
This sums up nicely how Politifact arrived at “half true”:
@PolitiFact @PolitiFactGA By that logic, it's half true that I perform open heart surgery because I tell people to go to the hospital.
— Alex Jeffries ? (@the1codemonkey) August 24, 2015
Politifact’s “half true” ruling has been found to be false.
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