HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahaha!
First time THAT has happened!
“Partly False” with ZERO reference.
WORSE it’s by “Politifact”.
I happen to know a TON about “Politifact”.
It’s owned by the Poynter Institute.
That’s named after Nelson Poynter.
Most have no idea who Poynter was or what that the goal of the Institute is to maintain his views.
I’ve been to the Institute and asked questions.
Their goal is to uphold Poynter’s views.
What were Poynter’s views?
Communism.
THAT’s why “politifact” ONLY reviews whatever they want at certain angles.
I can review – 1+1=2 – and prove it to be true, mostly true, false, etc.
That’s what the Poynter Institute does.
Skew other’s views to meet Poynter’s views.
If you read their logic to their grades, it’s easy to see that often the logic is faulty. The goal is to emulate Poynter.
So, what’s “Partly False” in the Charlie Kirk graphic?
I can answer one error. Today it was announced that the number unemployed is now at 22,000,000.
But wait! I had to really dig to find just what “politifact’ has a problem with this . That’s in the next comment.
Here’s “politFact’s problem with the above. It would have been responsible of Facebook to have their bots attach reasons.
Facebook employees should also review these. If they had, they would not be flagging this graphic all over Facebook…Unless the intent was political.
First, there is no post I find from them involving Charlie Kirk specifically. This involves some other graphic with a different image, but same information.
Interesting that the post above is tagged, “Partly False”. Whereas, “Politifact”‘s post marks it “Mostly False”. There are grammaical errors in the above graphic – That would also mark it “partly False”. Considering the review, this would fit.
Here’s the review by “politifact”:
https://www.politifact.com/…/facebook-post…/
The article (Which i will mark “Mostly False”), tees off with a very clear political intent:
“It didn’t take long after the enactment of a $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill for critics to blame Democrats for larding it with unnecessary spending.”
The intent of this is clear: How dare anyone critique Government actions. How very Poynter of them.
“politifact” admits most all is true. They get into cheap semantics about PBS, which any decent journalist would find sickening. They state the intent stated of “$25 million went to congressional salaries and expenses.” is to fund issues involving the “virus 19” hysteria within congress. Thing is, the cash is still going to “salaries and expenses”, paying those to achieve certain goals involving “virus 19”. So, technically, it ain’t wrong.
There’s also quibbling about the money for refugee relocation, but , if you know how the office operates, that will be the end result.
Their real problem is what in the graphic they don’t show on their site and not part of the Charlie Kirk graphic:
“The implication that laid-off workers get no assistance”
Supposedly the graphic they are reviewing states something along those lines. Who knows? For some insane reason they provide no empirical evidence the graphic exists.
Be that as it is, if that is what is written, I agree, that is false. Thing is, that the wording is not part of the Charlie Kirk graphic.
Technically, the Kirk graphic is True. At worse, mostly all true, due to the change of those unemployed…which is not addressed at all.
Whoa! Whoa!
I found the graphic!!!
“poltifact” states:
“The implication that laid-off workers get no assistance”
That is No Where in the graphic!”
22,000,000 lost jobs is a Fact.
That wasteful bill was passed is a Fact.
They admit the information is True, with silly semantic quibbles.
The graphic is True.
“politifact” is False!
To bad those at Facebook haven’t recognized they have a bad source yet.
