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Politifact's lie of the year: RFK's conspiracies. MediaMatters' misinformer of the year: Media

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by rivergator, Dec 22, 2023.

  1. rivergator

    rivergator Too Hot Mod Moderator VIP Member

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    Politifact, which is pretty balanced, names RFKJr's conspiracy theories as it's political lie of the year. Mainly about vaccine, but also his claims that Covid was targeted to attack blacks and whites, sparing Asians and Jews .. and the connection between a pesticide and gender issues among children.
    It's really a shame that he's finding believers.

    PolitiFact - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign of conspiracy theories: PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year

    Meanwhile, Media Matters, which is fairly far left, has named mainstream media as it's misinformer of the year for downplaying Trump's most radical ideas.
    I'm guessing that our resident conservatives do not share that belief.


    https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/misinformer-year-legacy-media
     
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  2. duggers_dad

    duggers_dad GC Hall of Fame

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    That Covid exists is the lie of the century.
     
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  3. WarDamnGator

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    Nah, they don't like mainstream media, either, but for difference reasons. Anything short of Trump praise and worship from a media outlet put them on their own "misinformed" list.
     
  4. Gator515151

    Gator515151 GC Hall of Fame

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    Politifact balanced? Come on now. The dead give away is if you search certain stories on Politifact they are hidden away. I'm not saying they lie about things that much just that they tend to sweep things under the rug. Even Allsides rates them a lean left.
     
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  5. g8trdoc

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    RFK Jr has the democrats scared to death
     
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  6. rivergator

    rivergator Too Hot Mod Moderator VIP Member

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    True. But on today's scale, I'd consider merely leaning one way or the other to be fairly balanced. From MediaBiasFactCheck:

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    Out of curiosity, what stories were 'hidden away?' Can you name one? thanks
     
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  7. Gator515151

    Gator515151 GC Hall of Fame

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    I guess the easiest way for me to demonstrate what I am saying is let's do a search for the current President and one for the former President on Politifact and compare the results.
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  8. VAg8r1

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    His candidacy actually affects Biden and Trump equally.
    upload_2023-12-22_17-32-0.png Biden, Trump in Dead Heat for 2024, While Kennedy Gains Traction, Poll Shows

    I also suspect that as more voters become familiar with RFK, Jr. his support will fall precipitously. I do think that a 3-way debate with him, Biden and Trump will really be entertaining.
     
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  9. l_boy

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    FaCtS R Bi-IsSeD an R LiBeRuL

    This is not hard.
     
  10. duggers_dad

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    The media and their fact-checkers are the real deplorables.
     
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  14. duggers_dad

    duggers_dad GC Hall of Fame

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    Pretty much …

     
  15. rivergator

    rivergator Too Hot Mod Moderator VIP Member

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    Most-viewed fact checks:

    PolitiFact - PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of politicians and pundits in 2023
     
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