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Sure, a notable recent example is Politifact labeling Biden's comments that busing would turn schools into a "racial jungle" as "half true", even though the sta

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Sure, a notable recent example is Politifact labeling Biden's comments that busing would turn schools into a "racial jungle" as "half true", even though the statement was actually stated by him and is on record. [1] There's an entire website dedicated to their bias. [2] Another obvious point of bias was Politifact labeling a statement by Trump that "CNN did a poll where Obama and I are tied" as "pants on fire" because it was "one poll" (he never stated otherwise). [3] [1] https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2020/07/10/politifact-nervously-tries-add-context-bidens-old-racial-jungle https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2020/07/10/p... [2] https://www.politifactbias.com/ https://www.politifactbias.com/ [3] https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/apr/27/donald-trump/trump-says-recent-cnn-poll-shows-him-competitive-c/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/apr/27/donald-tru...

viraptor 6y ago
The way I understand it, they object to the "CNN did a poll" part. There's one poll that exists with a close result, but it's not a CNN poll. It means we don't even know if he got lucky with a lie, or did he know about that poll and made a mistake about the source. (Fwiw, I agree it's not a pants on fire situation. (Mostly) false, sure.)
mhh__ 6y ago
> [3] From 2011, is that the best you have?
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peteretep 6y ago
To your point 3: https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/27/trump-cites-cnn-poll-but-cnn-didnt-conduct-such-a-poll/ https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/27/trump-cites... « “CNN did a poll recently where President Obama and I are statistically tied,” Trump told reporters Wednesday morning upon arriving in New Hampshire. “If you would like, I can send it to you. Call up CNN.” CNN didn’t conduct such a survey.»

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Sure, a notable recent example is Politifact labeling Biden's comments that busing would turn schools into a "racial jungle" as "half true", even though the sta

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viraptor 6y ago
The way I understand it, they object to the "CNN did a poll" part. There's one poll that exists with a close result, but it's not a CNN poll. It means we don't even know if he got lucky with a lie, or did he know about that poll and made a mistake about the source. (Fwiw, I agree it's not a pants on fire situation. (Mostly) false, sure.)
mhh__ 6y ago
> [3] From 2011, is that the best you have?
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peteretep 6y ago
To your point 3: https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/27/trump-cites-cnn-poll-but-cnn-didnt-conduct-such-a-poll/ https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/27/trump-cites... « “CNN did a poll recently where President Obama and I are statistically tied,” Trump told reporters Wednesday morning upon arriving in New Hampshire. “If you would like, I can send it to you. Call up CNN.” CNN didn’t conduct such a survey.»