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Ditto nossy Send a noteboard - 31/08/2012 04:42:37 PM
Yeah. I check out fact-checky sites like politifact.org while conventions are happening. It's mostly feel-good yuckiness (both sides).
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how to make political convention speeches more entertaining moondog - 31/08/2012 03:57:11 PM 730 Views
If they did that, I would actually watch. Darth_Katie - 31/08/2012 04:18:06 PM 995 Views
Ditto nossy - 31/08/2012 04:42:37 PM 621 Views
Ha, like Pop-Up Video! beetnemesis - 31/08/2012 05:04:41 PM 571 Views
That similarity occured to me, too. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 31/08/2012 09:37:22 PM 288 Views
and how fact checks the fact checkers? *NM* random thoughts - 31/08/2012 05:19:45 PM 263 Views
Fox, presumably. Joel - 31/08/2012 06:05:56 PM 834 Views
the fact checkers tend be journalist and deserve all the trust that goes with that *NM* random thoughts - 01/09/2012 10:36:18 AM 286 Views
Facts are facts, and not in the eye of the beholder. Joel - 01/09/2012 12:08:41 PM 569 Views
That might be true if fat checkers limited themsleves to facts and not opinion random thoughts - 01/09/2012 02:44:41 PM 649 Views
Stating opinions as fact invites checking them as facts. Joel - 01/09/2012 02:59:23 PM 808 Views
I will let Scott Wlaker explain it to you random thoughts - 01/09/2012 05:56:00 PM 768 Views
Even Walker admits "It’s closed — has been as long as Obama has been president." Joel - 01/09/2012 06:27:32 PM 768 Views
well since Ryan never claimed Obama caused the plant to close it doesn't matter when it closed random thoughts - 01/09/2012 08:10:26 PM 581 Views
How could he save a plant already closed? Joel - 01/09/2012 08:31:55 PM 571 Views
It's obvious. Stephen - 01/09/2012 10:12:33 PM 617 Views
Of course; how could I have been so blind. Joel - 01/09/2012 10:41:03 PM 543 Views
what is obvious is despite him saying they would his policies didn't save the plant random thoughts - 02/09/2012 09:48:08 PM 556 Views
If he could save it he shouldn't have he could but he did say he could random thoughts - 02/09/2012 09:43:56 PM 588 Views
The video says his comments were 2 Feb, 2008, when the plant was open;when he took office it was not Joel - 02/09/2012 10:26:46 PM 559 Views
That is a great idea that will never happen. Joel - 31/08/2012 06:08:30 PM 725 Views
Then what would Daily Show and Colbert do every night if someone does their work for them? *NM* TaskmasterJack - 31/08/2012 09:38:17 PM 286 Views
presumably they would have plenty of other material to work with.... *NM* moondog - 01/09/2012 06:33:33 AM 296 Views
I loathe the conventions, but this will make it worse Roland00 - 01/09/2012 03:52:15 AM 615 Views
you're talking about what people who already follow these things do moondog - 01/09/2012 06:40:42 AM 556 Views
We fundamentally disagree Roland00 - 01/09/2012 01:54:26 PM 764 Views
The absence of either filter or rebuttal diminishes the informative value of conventions. Joel - 01/09/2012 03:21:03 PM 666 Views
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