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Offline Ralph Wiggum

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FactCheck.org
« on: August 19, 2009, 01:15:23 PM »
Is this organization known for a political bias in either direction?

I was reading something by them on-line today, and then did a little snooping.  They claim to be non-partisan, sponsored by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.

Any opinions or knowledge one way or the other?
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Re: FactCheck.org
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2009, 01:20:28 PM »
Just consider them liberal by default until proven otherwise. Like Snopes.
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Re: FactCheck.org
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2009, 01:22:19 PM »
^ yeah that.
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Re: FactCheck.org
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2009, 01:24:33 PM »
I know they had a big ruckus with the NRA last year over the NRA's exposing of Obama's anti-Second Amendment Record.
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Re: FactCheck.org
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2009, 01:36:01 PM »
Is the Annenberg foundation a part of the same one that funded some crap that 0Bama was involved with in Chicago?
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Re: FactCheck.org
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2009, 01:56:44 PM »
yes it was.  They were set to move when their "leader" died.
Speeks volumes.
http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20090313_Annenberg_Foundation_shifts_its_base.html
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Re: FactCheck.org
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2009, 01:59:00 PM »
That should put to rest any question about whether FactCheck is partisan or not.
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Re: FactCheck.org
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2009, 02:02:35 PM »
In the limited research that I did, there was very little reference to them being partisan to either side. 

Naturally, I always assume that they favor the left.
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Re: FactCheck.org
« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2009, 02:06:19 PM »
Snopes (With which I have no particular problem) is a VRWC mouthpiece compared to anything the Annenberg Foundation or anything associated with it touches.  The Annenbergs were wealthy old libs who plunged the very large family fortune into bankrolling far-left liberal media ventures, including vast amounts into PBS.  On a left-right spectrum, they line up roughly with the Deaniac DNC. 
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