Behold the bias.
Presto!
Change-O:
It's yet another case of Politi-Equivocation.
"Gun violence" implies one person trying to do harm to another. Cases where a gun accidentally discharges and results in death, as well as suicides by gun, don't fit neatly under the heading "gun violence."
Unless you're PolitiFact.
The fact check, without the slightest attempt at justification, classifies all deaths where the instrument of death was a firearm as "gun violence." Therefore, says PolitiFact, the liberal group "Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America" was telling us the unabashed truth.
If only PolitiFact were telling us the unabashed truth about that.
Afters (we don't trust AI except where we already know what it's saying is true. Take this with a grain of salt):
https://x.com/i/grok/share/mwfOcxIMSeEXpGD0P5ZyPmOCb
In fairness to PolitiFact, that's the way every single gun control group in the nation defines "gun violence" as well. There's all sorts of comparisons they like to make that don't work unless they include suicide to goose their numbers.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure PolitiFact's endorsement of gun control advocates' misleading messaging counts as an excuse.
DeleteIsn't PolitiFact supposed to be in the business of fact-finding?
But I take your point. They're speaking the same language.