Fact-checking in the Age of Trump: Why false equivalence is harming democracy
Dan Kennedy
Have the media engaged in false equivalence when it comes to political lying? Do fact-checkers nitpick statements by Democrats in order to seem fair and balanced when they go after President Trump’s numerous and blatant falsehoods?
That proposition might seem ludicrous. If the media have told us anything about Trump over these past few years, it’s that he spews lies so freely that his every word and every tweet is suspect. So what do Democrats have to complain about?
LET'S EXPLAIN IT TO YOU, DAN
1)TRUMP IS A REPUBLICAN
2)AT THE 2015 'GREAT DEBATE' IT IS ALLEGED THAT SOMEONE WITH THE SAME INITIALS AS JESUS CHRIST GAVE THE QUESTIONS TO MRS. BURKE BUT NOT TO THE REAL WINNER OF THE DEBATE, BOB PENTA
3)IT IS ALLEGED THAT J.A. AND D.K. (KNOW ANYONE WITH THE INITIALS D.K., DAN?) ATTEMPTED TO FIND A TOUGH QUESTION FOR BOB PENTA BUT THE TIME RAN OUT AND THEIR LITTLE CHARADE DIDN'T WORK
J.A. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH J.C. WHICH WOULD MAKE IT A CONSPIRACY. HEY, I ACTUALLY LIKE J.A., BUT WE'RE JUST A LOCAL NEWS ORGANIZATION GIVING YOU, DEAR READER, CRITICAL INFORMATION ON THE ELECTION, WHICH IS 'THE MOST PROTECTED RIGHT' ACCORDING TO MY DEAR OLD PAL PAUL DONATO...
J.A. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH J.C. WHICH WOULD MAKE IT A CONSPIRACY. HEY, I ACTUALLY LIKE J.A., BUT WE'RE JUST A LOCAL NEWS ORGANIZATION GIVING YOU, DEAR READER, CRITICAL INFORMATION ON THE ELECTION, WHICH IS 'THE MOST PROTECTED RIGHT' ACCORDING TO MY DEAR OLD PAL PAUL DONATO...
4)SIX QUESTIONS WERE SENT TO DAN KENNEDY TODAY REGARDING A MAYOR'S DAUGHTER ALLEGEDLY BANGING A VARSITY COACH, A VULGAR MAYOR GIVING THE FINGER TO THE FIREFIGHTERS AT A WEDDING - OF ALL PLACES, A POTTY-MOUTHED HUSBAND BLURTING OUT VULGAR LANGUAGE AT THE LAST DEBATE, THE MAYOR'S SON ALLEGEDLY GETTING ON A TEAM HE WASN'T QUALIFIED FOR...ADD GRANDMA CAMPAIGNING FOR THE MAYOR AT A SEPARATE BODY POLITIC, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND YOU HAVE DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY FEUD!
YA THINK MR. MEDIA NATION SHOULD BE 'CHAIR' OF A DEBATE IF HE IS SO ALLEGEDLY BIASED? AND IF DAN KENNEDY DOESN'T WANT TO ASK THE FAMILY AFFAIR QUESTIONS...MAKES YA WONDER ABOUT THE OTHER BURKE SON AND IF WE CAN GET DIRT ON HIM FOR A 'CLEAN SWEEP"!
HOW CREDIBLE IS DAN KENNEDY'S BLOG IF DAN AND OTHER MEDIA TYPES (A CERTAIN TELEVISION "PERSONALITY" THAT WAS FIRED FROM A PREVIOUS STATION) ALLEGEDLY SLANT THE NEWS OR ALLEGEDLY THE PROCEEDINGS, IN AN ALLEGEDLY UNDERHANDED WAY?
DON'T BLAME ME, I WAS JUST THE VIDEOGRAPHER AT THE 2015 DEBATE
8:00 PM 9/19/19 the new cycle begins!
a HIT right at 8 pm. Good going. Thank you.
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8:00 PM 9/19/19 the new cycle begins!
a HIT right at 8 pm. Good going. Thank you.
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