Sunday, March 18, 2018

PolitiFact: It's 'Half True' and 'Mostly True' that President Obama doubled the debt

Twitterer Ely Brit (@RealElyBritt) tweeted out this comparison of past PolitiFact ratings on March 17, 2018:


For the Trump fact check, PolitiFact came down hard on The Donald for placing blame too squarely on President Obama when Congress controls the federal government's purse strings.

On the other hand, it's hard to see how Sen. Paul eases up on placing the blame, unless he gets a bipartisan pass for blaming President Bush for the earlier debt increase.

Apart from that, neither Trump nor Paul received a "True" rating because Congress shares the blame for government spending.

Right, PolitiFact?


O-kay, then.



Correction 3/18/2018: Corrected transposed misspellings of Ely Brit's name. Our apologies to Brit. 
Correction 3/18/2018: Commenter YuriG pointed out that I (Bryan) used "deficit" in the headline, conflicting with the content of the post. Changed "deficit" to "debt" in the headline. Our thanks to YuriG for taking the time to point out the problem.
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  1. YuriGMarch 18, 2018 at 11:46 AM

    Both of the ratings refer to the debt and not the deficit, which your headline refers to. These aren't the same thing.

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    1. Bryan WhiteMarch 18, 2018 at 11:53 AM

      Good point! My first version of the headline focused more on the debt issue highlighted in the PF headline, and I neglected to fix that when I altered the headline to move the emphasis.

      But enough excuses. It's time to fix it.

      Thanks for commenting!

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