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Maybe I'm missing something here, but can you really make any sort of meaningful comparison between the various entities on PolitiFact? I can only imagine that
by brbsix 10y ago
Maybe I'm missing something here, but can you really make any sort of meaningful comparison between the various entities on PolitiFact?
I can only imagine that most politicians and public figures are making several thousand statements per year. PolitiFact has this to say: "Because we can't possibly check all claims, we select the most newsworthy and significant ones." In other words, their selection process is completely arbitrary. They aren't taking representative samples.
Just as an example, 10% of Trump's statements might be completely false, but if you're selecting the most outlandish and newsworthy claims to evaluate, it may appear to be 90%. Which is fine and all, until you start believing you can use this to compare the honesty (or whatever criteria) of various candidates.