An email exchange from Dec. 14-15, 2015 helps lay the foundation for that page, addressing the criticism that we don't prove PolitiFact's liberal bias.
For some odd reason, people skip right past the site description that says we expose PolitiFact's bias, mistakes and flimflammery. So right at the top we're telling visitors that not everything we post is intended to establish that PolitiFact is biased toward the left.
The email came from W. Thompson. That's his real name, so far as we know, though we're not using his first name because of his concerns about receiving right-wing attacks.
We condemn any attempt to identify and personally harass Mr. Thompson in any way over his politics.
The first exchange between Thompson and me is above-the-fold. Those interested in the rest should follow the jump-break. We included a summary statement at the end.
Dec. 14-15, 2015
W. THOMPSON
I just came across your PoitiFactbias.com web site and read the page I came to.
B. WHITE
You wrote:
I just came across your PoitiFactbias.com web site and read the page I came to.
Thanks for visiting and reading.
And you accuse PolitiFact of being biased?
Yes,
we accuse PolitiFact of being biased, and we provide evidence in
support of the accusation. It isn't clear from your message whether you
read any of that material.
Your attempts at proving their bias are as weak as Republican attempts to spin their disasters off on the Democrats.
As your analogy lacks any specifics at either end, it's hard to know whether your criticism has any meaning to it.
I'm
in the process of developing a page for the critics of PolitiFact Bias.
We encounter the same lame criticisms over and over again, so I figured
it would help to provide visitors a road map to help them find where
we've addressed their complaints.
I'd like your permission to print your message and your followup as a post to PolitiFact Bias.
