We’ve heard of ‘fake news’, but what about horrible fact checking. Listen as Larry spoke with Mollie Hemingway, Senior Editor of The Federalist, about her latest article, 4 Recent Examples Show Why No One Trusts Media ‘Fact Checks’.
An excerpt of her article can be found below:
A few weeks ago, Donald Trump responded to Meryl Streep’s insults by calling her overrated. Some fact checks came out saying that Streep, in fact, had won many awards. The Associated Press’ “Meryl Streep overrated? Donald Trump picks a decorated star,” was one such example. Four of the seven paragraphs to the story listed awards and honors she’d received.
As Victor Morton noted, “‘She has won a bunch of awards’ isn’t even a prima-facie rebuttal of the claim ‘she is overrated’.” He added, “If anything, ‘She won a bunch of awards’ is a necessary precondition for being ‘overrated,’ i.e. rated highly in first place.” [Read More]
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