As Twitchy reported, PolitiFact’s Louis Jacobson made a colossal jackwagon of himself when he went ahead with a “fact-checking” article based on work by Jonah Goldberg and Kevin Williamson — without actually bothering to follow up on half-assed “inquiries” to Goldberg and Williamson.
This afternoon, after hours of sound verbal beatings, PolitiFact finally acknowledged their mistake. Well, sort of:
We didn’t meet our standards for contacting @JonahNRO and @KevinNR on a recent fact-check, and we are sorry. Details: http://t.co/6V4el8hbr5
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) February 25, 2015
And just to show how “sorry” they are, they amended the article with this:
Sorry, PolitiFact, but that kiss doesn’t make it all better:
https://twitter.com/JohnRiversToo/status/570694005144596481
https://twitter.com/CGroswold/status/570694891988242432
@PolitiFact I rate the apology Half-Acceptable. @Heminator @JonahNRO @KevinNR
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) February 25, 2015
@PolitiFact Considering how much lower your standards are than the those of the rest of us, that's pretty bad indeed. @JonahNRO @KevinNR
— Justin Walton (@JustinRWalton) February 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/BlueDotFan/status/570702681246994433
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/570694175341064193
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA "standards" HA HA HA HA HA HA HA MT @PolitiFact We didn’t meet our standards
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) February 25, 2015
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@jtLOL .@PolitiFact has standards? Mostly false.
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) February 25, 2015
Cred-O-Meter Reading: DEAD MT @PolitiFact We didn’t meet our standards for contacting @JonahNRO and @KevinNR on a recent fact-check
— Sean O (@Sean_O_914) February 25, 2015
Now that rating is accurate.
.@PolitiFact apologizes for crap attempt to contact @KevinNR and @JonahNRO, but won’t change crap rating of article: http://t.co/nRxLFAY2A9
— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) February 25, 2015
@PolitiFact "Nothing that changes…our half-true rating." Uh huh. #ImperviousBubble @JonahNRO @KevinNR
— Shane Street (@SCStreet) February 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/570698719856877568
@PolitiFact This tweet does not affect my finding your statement about @JonahNRO and @KevinNR was Pants on Fire false.
— Moloch the Impeacher (@GerardHarbison) February 25, 2015
Last word to Jonah Goldberg:
Rarely have I been more annoyed by criticism that matters so little. #politifact
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) February 25, 2015
Fortunately, Goldberg, unlike PolitiFact, is a professional — and he handled it like one:
In which @JonahNRO dismantles & embarrasses left-leaning "fact-checker" @Politifact –> http://t.co/6QJBF0z0lx #Delicious
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) February 25, 2015
Beautiful.
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Update:
It’s Williamson’s turn:
https://twitter.com/KevinNR/status/570739410397827072
https://twitter.com/KevinNR/status/570739761066803200
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/570741037938954240
As well it should.
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