tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post1293515714745017452..comments2023-08-20T03:37:07.774-07:00Comments on PolitiFact Bias: Offsite Criticism of the WeekBryan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07608604859044029293noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-15995383845416427822016-07-05T19:12:27.490-07:002016-07-05T19:12:27.490-07:00FBI Director James Comey Makes Statement About Hil...FBI Director James Comey Makes Statement About Hillary Clinton Email Scandal - FULL SPEECH<br /><br />http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2016/07/fbi-director-james-comey-makes.html<br /><br />ps. Would you please consider adding CC to your blogroll?commoncentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497825816313122743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-36717680307410738282016-07-04T19:24:39.853-07:002016-07-04T19:24:39.853-07:00Any statistician saying that, Mike Hunts, is likel...Any statistician saying that, Mike Hunts, is likely also going to say that it is proper to identify the statistic as "per capita" to prevent confusion.<br /><br />You're not going to find a conservative or Republican getting the same type of break Lynch got. We see it all the time from PolitiFact.<br /><br />What truth do you think we lost on this one, by the way?Bryan Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07608604859044029293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-58185010827708359152016-07-04T18:26:06.009-07:002016-07-04T18:26:06.009-07:00Any statistician will tell you that per capita is ...Any statistician will tell you that per capita is the way to go when measuring rate of things among groups or else things get muddled in population. You guys look for bias so hard you lose the truth. Mike Huntshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12294119397287581263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-85029405124200843042016-07-01T23:06:34.293-07:002016-07-01T23:06:34.293-07:00**Had they added different words (raw numbers vs. ...**Had they added different words (raw numbers vs. per capita) they could have come to a false rating.**<br /><br />That's right, but it's even worse than that. The words Lynch chose are most naturally interpreted as raw numbers. For PolitiFact to ignore that dimension of the fact check shows grave incompetence if not bias.Bryan Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07608604859044029293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-87522108747647027882016-07-01T16:43:57.863-07:002016-07-01T16:43:57.863-07:00Forgot the link to last year's analysis:
http...Forgot the link to last year's analysis:<br /><br />http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jun/25/cornell-william-brooks/how-many-hate-crimes-are-there-united-states-2/<br />Quark122https://www.blogger.com/profile/02453804746832770375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-14396916062334688722016-07-01T16:43:25.050-07:002016-07-01T16:43:25.050-07:00I noted the issue to several people. I phrased it...I noted the issue to several people. I phrased it as the factcheckers had to add words to her statement to then come to a rating.<br /><br />Had they added different words (raw numbers vs. per capita) they could have come to a false rating.<br /><br />I also pointed out consistency given the gaps in the data issue because a year ago, they rated NAACP President Cornell William Brooks as Mostly Quark122https://www.blogger.com/profile/02453804746832770375noreply@blogger.com