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well here's a fine how-de-ooops....
Sep. 12th, 2008 08:17 amApparently, FactCheck.org is objecting to a McCain ad that attacks Obama using FactCheck.org as a source.
The problem? FactCheck never said what McCain claims they said. A McCain-Palin ad has FactCheck.org calling Obama's attacks on Palin 'absolutely false' and 'misleading.'
FactCheck responds: "That's what we said, but it wasn't about Obama. Our article criticized anonymous e-mail falsehoods and bogus claims about Palin posted around the Internet. We have no evidence that any of the claims we found to be false came from the Obama campaign.'
The McCain-Palin ad also twists a quote from a Wall Street Journal columnist. He said the Obama camp had sent a team to Alaska to 'dig into her record and background.' The ad quotes the WSJ as saying the team was sent to 'dig dirt.'"
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/mccain-palin_distorts_our_finding.html
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Wearing a different hat, I'm a copy writer. I know you go for the impact vs. literal accuracy to sell something. But there is a line, and it seems like that line's not only been crossed but someone got on on their hands and knees and tried to scrub it out of existence....
By the way, factcheck.org is something y'all should have bookmarked about now in the political campaign. otherwise you may let someone else put a ring of lies in your nose and lead you around with it....
Our Mission
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 the Annenberg Foundation.
The problem? FactCheck never said what McCain claims they said. A McCain-Palin ad has FactCheck.org calling Obama's attacks on Palin 'absolutely false' and 'misleading.'
FactCheck responds: "That's what we said, but it wasn't about Obama. Our article criticized anonymous e-mail falsehoods and bogus claims about Palin posted around the Internet. We have no evidence that any of the claims we found to be false came from the Obama campaign.'
The McCain-Palin ad also twists a quote from a Wall Street Journal columnist. He said the Obama camp had sent a team to Alaska to 'dig into her record and background.' The ad quotes the WSJ as saying the team was sent to 'dig dirt.'"
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/mccain-palin_distorts_our_finding.html
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Wearing a different hat, I'm a copy writer. I know you go for the impact vs. literal accuracy to sell something. But there is a line, and it seems like that line's not only been crossed but someone got on on their hands and knees and tried to scrub it out of existence....
By the way, factcheck.org is something y'all should have bookmarked about now in the political campaign. otherwise you may let someone else put a ring of lies in your nose and lead you around with it....
Our Mission
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 the Annenberg Foundation.
