So I guess Factcheck.org is OK to use now as a source? Minor Rant

I had some people here kicking my ass the other day over using Factcheck.org to debunk Bush. I was vehemently told that it was a Right Wing propaganda site, yet here we all are using them with the "I own a timber company?" quote.

I think some of you guys should make up your mind on where you stand with regard to sources. I still contend that Factcheck.org is a very unbiased site. Obviously, its unbiased enough for many others too. Interesting.

http://factcheck.asc.upenn.edu/article.aspx?docid=265

sometimes our guys screw up and twist the truth a bit. I wish they wouldn't do that. That doesn't make factcheck.org a rightwing tool. On balance, the chimpministration is taken to the woodshed far more often then we are.

Cheney's string of crap and the $84 wood company just prove that these guys wouldn't know the truth if it slapped them across the face and samba'd up Pennsylvania Avenue.

I love the vision of truth slapping them and Samba-ing up the Ave. :D

I believe some RNC hack said on TV that factcheck.org was an RNC anti-Kerry site. It was debunked quickly (by factcheck and by DUers).

A link to George Soros's site, referred to by Dick Cheney during his debate. Lovely.

I think that story is a wonderful example of the importance to remember domain name endings. :P

Do you have a link as to where it was debunked?

http://www.factcheck.org/MiscReports.aspx@docID=70.html

We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.


The Annenberg Political Fact Check is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The APPC was established by publisher and philanthropist Walter Annenberg in 1994 to create a community of scholars within the University of Pennsylvania that would address public policy issues at the local, state, and federal levels.


The APPC accepts NO funding from business corporations, labor unions, political parties, lobbying organizations or individuals. It is funded primarily by an endowment from the Annenberg Foundation.

Everyone knows that any organization that disputes anything John Kerry says is a fascist organization.

(The freepers aren't the only loonies on the net.)

it can also be too literal.

I'm referring to the article which says it's never been proven that Dick Cheney helped Halliburton get it's no bid contract.

That article seems to demand unobtainable proof while rejecting commnon sense.