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> Technically, he told the truth. Isn't that the problem at hand? Layering this seemingly objective "fact" checking on top of a political statements ("the way
by rdtsc 10y ago
> Technically, he told the truth.
Isn't that the problem at hand? Layering this seemingly objective "fact" checking on top of a political statements ("the way he wants to spin it"). Then picking a side. If they don't like the side then "technically" true is not enough, now the fact checker has to agree with the politics and the intent to mark it as "true".
I am pretty sure if Clinton or Obama made that statement there would be very little discussion in marking it as "true" and claiming "yeah it is technically true, what she/he might have implied is up to interpretation, but statement on its own is a fact".
- wilg 10y agoHere's a list of Obama's "Mostly Falses": http://www.politifact.com/personalities/barack-obama/statements/byruling/barely-true/ http://www.politifact.com/personalities/barack-obama/stateme... They seem right in line tonally with this one from Trump.
- dredmorbius 10y agoYes. Isolated facts in and of themselves, without considering either the narrative into which they are embedded, or the world-views they invoke in recipients of those messages, are at best only a part of the much larger picture. This is why fact-checking, at the very least alone, is not a total solution.
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