Remember when celebrity Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told “60 Minutes” that it’s better to be “morally right” than “factually” correct? Here’s her exact quote, via RCP:
“If people want to really blow up one figure here or one word there, I would argue that they’re missing the forest for the trees,” she said. I think that there’s a lot of people more concerned about being precisely, factually, and semantically correct than about being morally right.”
And here’s Snopes coming in hard from the top rope:
Snopes Introduces New 'Factually Inaccurate But Morally Right' Fact Check Resulthttps://t.co/21djOryGVb pic.twitter.com/3fDPt0pCAS
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 23, 2019
Nailed it!
AOC Approved
— Fullofflight (@FullofFlight) January 23, 2019
From the
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“We were often running into situations were a truth claim was absolutely absurd, but it supported progressive causes,” said one Snopes editor. “So sometimes we just called it a ‘Mixture,’ but then people might get the idea that our favorite politicians are being slightly dishonest sometimes.”
The editor then said that upon hearing Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s recent statement that many people are more concerned with being factually accurate than morally right, the Snopes fact-checking team suddenly had an idea: they could label things as being morally laudable even though the facts upon which they were based are totally erroneous.
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It’s funny because it’s (very close to being) true:
I know this is satire but not far from the truth. https://t.co/EzWbBMIbGU
— La'Maze (@LaMaze) January 24, 2019
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Snopes FAIL: It looks like the fact-checking website needs to re-check the facts on Nathan Phillips https://t.co/qJ12URsFNM
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 24, 2019
‘LOL’! Blue check journo pleads for help from AOC over Trump ‘effectively declaring a coup’ in… Venezuela? https://t.co/ZvJW3bogoC
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 23, 2019
Attn. AOC! CNN helps sound ANOTHER alarm about what climate change might bring (Hint: Is it ‘now the patriarchy?’) https://t.co/eXc5K0SExx
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 23, 2019
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