tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post5910700152221075840..comments2023-08-20T03:37:07.774-07:00Comments on PolitiFact Bias: About that George Mason University study showing PolitiFact rates Republicans as less truthful ...Bryan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07608604859044029293noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-80365514369267914392015-11-05T06:29:56.944-08:002015-11-05T06:29:56.944-08:00"Unknown," (Ari Asulin?) wrote:
**I fee..."Unknown," (Ari Asulin?) wrote:<br /><br />**I feel ... and I feel qualified to draw my own conclusion on that.**<br /><br />Go for it. Use the Force, Luke. Let your feelings be your guide.<br /><br />**Your study looks into the subjectivity of the Pants on Fire (PoF) rating vs normal lies and concludes that since the ratio of PoF ratings to regular lies is higher for Republicans, it Bryan Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07608604859044029293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-47391024494545124152015-11-02T18:03:33.200-08:002015-11-02T18:03:33.200-08:00I feel like the statement that, "Our study pr...I feel like the statement that, "Our study probably remains the best of the lot when it comes to showing PolitiFact's bias." Is, itself, a biased claim. I've looked over both now and I feel qualified to draw my own conclusion on that.<br /><br />Your study looks into the subjectivity of the Pants on Fire (PoF) rating vs normal lies and concludes that since the ratio of PoF Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04339110686283796383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-67374998361999882382014-05-20T11:01:41.183-07:002014-05-20T11:01:41.183-07:00Yes, Ole, the fact checkers are liberals. They...Yes, Ole, the fact checkers are liberals. They're to the political left of the average American, as numerous polls show.<br /><br />You're right that it's easy to claim "media bias!" whenever reporting goes against conservatives. Arguably it's done too often. We try to set a sterling example of picking meaningful case studies, and by the weight of our examples (Bryan Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07608604859044029293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-44020204003778677592014-05-20T10:48:04.317-07:002014-05-20T10:48:04.317-07:00Conservatives always claim that fact checkers (or ...Conservatives always claim that fact checkers (or the media, or educators, or historians, or scientists, or whoever) are "biased against them" when they get called on their lies, disinformation, and myth spreading. What else do you expect serial deceivers to do? Just accept the truth from an impartial perspective? What do you think they're liberals? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16582406952702198568noreply@blogger.com