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In an interview with CNBCs John Harwood, nascent Republican 2016 presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that his reputation as a wild-eyed lunatic is an invention of the liberal media, which is bent on smearing him through the use of yellow journalism called PolitiFact.
According to Mediaite, Harwood pressed Cruz, asking him why people should support him when the facts he uses to bolster his points dont match up with the truth.
Youve said a few things that dont necessarily comport with the facts, said Harwood. He quoted a statement by Cruz asserting that there are 125,000 I.R.S. agents, so send em to the border.
Theyve only got 25,000 agents, Harwood said.
Furthermore, Cruz claimed that Obamacare would kill jobs, said Harwood. It hasnt.
Why shouldnt somebody listen to you and say, The guyll just say anything doesnt have to be true? Harwood asked.
There is a game that is played by left-wing editorial writers, Cruz said. Its this new species of yellow journalism called PolitiFact. Colloquially I was referring to all the employees as agents. That particular stat is in a joke I used. So, theyre literally fact-checking a joke. I say that explicitly tongue in cheek.
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts):-J
All righty then, please carry on....
Mike Nelson
(9,967 posts)Mr. Cruz is in the wrong profession. Maybe he should paint?
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)If anything it had to increase jobs between the boon for insurance companies and the medical complex.