Chalk another one up on the big board … PolitiFact has done it again!
Tuesday afternoon, they hiked up their fact-checking pants to debunk a baseless smear against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill:
NEW: Did Claire McCaskill say normal people can afford a private plane? No. https://t.co/wS2rR4NHiV pic.twitter.com/BwbVYlRDZm
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) October 16, 2018
Did you click on the link in that tweet? If so, you might’ve noticed that it takes you to a page that looks like this:
Wonder why that is? Well, it turns out that PolitiFact has a little more work to do:
We received new evidence about this fact-check and are re-evaluating it. We have unpublished it for now; it will return Wednesday. https://t.co/pS5ecVnBX2
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) October 16, 2018
So, what’s this new evidence, then?
This is hilarious. Yet again Politifact caught being biased against republicans. "We received new evidence" lmaooo https://t.co/lIjuJJ0EO4
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) October 17, 2018
Apparently during the course of PolitiFact’s comprehensive fact check, they failed to check the videotape:
It couldn't possibly be clearer that the statement is TRUE. https://t.co/RpKPMhcPUy
— Michael Ahrens (@michael_ahrens) October 17, 2018
Well, this is awkward.
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) October 17, 2018
oh, come on. You're not fooling anyone anymore.
— ?? Terrence Koeman (@raphidae) October 17, 2018
It’s time to call it for what it is. @PolitiFact is not a honest fact checker, they are a biased organization running cover for Democrats, while misleading the American people.
Watch: pic.twitter.com/DTzrG1dhzv
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) October 17, 2018
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Why should we trust PolitiFact again?
Politicfact's new evidence is that they're not getting away with it as easily as they used to.
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) October 17, 2018
Yeah, that explanation is a lot more credible than PolitiFact.
We’ll close out with this:
Let's review @PolitiFact's greatest hits of the cycle:
Fact checked whether a high five was really a high five (it was too slow, guys) #NDSen
1/x— Bob Salera (@BobSalera) October 17, 2018
.@PolitiFact Decided it was only half true that Joe Manchin lived on a 65 foot yacht, because Manchin calls his 65 foot yacht a "houseboat" #WVSen
2/— Bob Salera (@BobSalera) October 17, 2018
.@PolitiFact Gave Heidi Heitkamp a half true for a claim they admitted was off by 90% #NDSen
3/x— Bob Salera (@BobSalera) October 17, 2018
.@PolitiFact Said it was mostly false that Kyrsten Sinema denigrated US troops, despite multiple examples of Kyrsten Sinema denigrating US troops #AZSen
4/x— Bob Salera (@BobSalera) October 17, 2018
.@PolitiFact Said it was mostly false that Joe Manchin previously promised he would vote to repeal Obamacare, despite him saying "They can be absolutely sure I will vote to repeal the whole thing" #WVSen
5/x— Bob Salera (@BobSalera) October 17, 2018
.@PolitiFact Said it was only half true that Joe Manchin stands with Hillary and DC Dems on gun control, higher taxes, amnesty and Planned Parenthood, despite his sponsorship of a gun control bill, vote against Trump tax cuts, vote for amnesty and votes to fund PP #WVSen
6/x— Bob Salera (@BobSalera) October 17, 2018
.@PolitiFact Said it was only half true that Phil Bredesen shredded some of the documents from sexual harassment cases. The story acknowledges he shredded some of the documents from sexual harassment cases. #TNSen
7/7— Bob Salera (@BobSalera) October 17, 2018
Almost forgot! @PolitiFact said it was only half true that Claire McCaskill said normal people can afford private planes because people laughed when Claire McCaskill said normal people can afford private planes. #MOSen
— Bob Salera (@BobSalera) October 17, 2018
Bonus: @PolitiFact decided Joe Donnelly didn’t really outsource, despite a detailed AP report proving he did, after an intern there decided building a factory in Mexico wasn’t really outsourcing. #INSen
— Bob Salera (@BobSalera) October 17, 2018
Maybe PolitiFact should outsource their job to someone who actually knows how to do it.
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