Specifically, the ones obviously in the tank for Obama?
Noteworthy:
"Back in July, the McCain campaign released an ad accusing Obama of having 'voted to raise taxes on folks earning as little as $32,000.' FactCheck declared the 'false,' nothing that 'The resolution Obama voted for would not have increased taxes on any single taxpayer making less than $41,500 per year in total income…The $32,000 figure is approximately the taxable income of a single person making $41,500 per year, after all deductions and exclusions.'
In response to that and other criticism, the McCain campaign changed its figure from $32,000 to $42,000. In the Palin-Biden debate, Palin said that Obama 'even supported increasing taxes as late as last year for those families making only $42,000 a year.' FactCheck objected. Under the heading 'Palin’s False Tax Claims,' FactCheck wrote that Obama 'did not in fact vote to increase taxes on ‘families’ making as little as $42,000 per year. What Obama actually voted for was a budget resolution that called for returning the 25 percent tax bracket to its pre-Bush tax cut level of 28 percent. That could have affected an individual with no children making as little as $42,000.'
It seems clear that Palin shouldn’t have used the word 'families.' So what if, in the future, she and McCain claim that Obama voted to raise taxes on 'folks making as little as $42,000'? That would satisfy FactCheck’s objections, right? Maybe not. FactCheck might still say that the vote really didn’t mean anything and that Obama has no such plans to raise those taxes today. If McCain tailored his ads to meet the fact-checkers’ objections, the factcheckers would probably come up with new objections."
Most of the so-called "fact checkers", including the Annenberg group, are not impartial. Neither is one particular local blogger who loves to cherry pick fact check as it suits his purporse.
No need to name names. We all know who I'm talking about here.
I thought that the fact checkers were sharing regulators with those oh so honest electoral votes polling folks?
ReplyDeleteWho knew :)
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