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re: Politifact in action. Trump's 100% true statement rated mostly false
Posted on 2/26/17 at 7:15 am to a want
Posted on 2/26/17 at 7:15 am to a want
You're missing the point. Politifact isnt supposed to be rating context.
To take a 100% trust statement but then rate it "mostly false" doesn't help their credibility.
To take a 100% trust statement but then rate it "mostly false" doesn't help their credibility.
This post was edited on 2/26/17 at 7:16 am
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Posted on 2/26/17 at 7:27 am to Eighteen
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You're missing the point. Politifact isnt supposed to be rating context.
Uhhh. Context is the whole point of fact checking.....To provide broader context for bull shite figures politicians come up with. You can almost always find a way that a number is technically correct from some tortured perspective.
Posted on 2/26/17 at 5:34 pm to Eighteen
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You're missing the point. Politifact isnt supposed to be rating context.
To take a 100% trust statement but then rate it "mostly false" doesn't help their credibility.
wtf are you yammering about.
Politifact always rates on context as well as accuracy, thats why the clarify each of their ratings with a short anecdote beneath them.
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