Politifact Gun Suicide ‘Truth-O-Meter’ Needs Independent Calibration

So much for the impartiality and credibility of the people Politifact is relying on to coax its Truth-O-Meter to register in the green. Which means, in the absence of expert analysis from researchers without a long history of self-interest-advancing citizen disarmament advocacy, those of us who are not statisticians must rely on that thing Mark and Gabby claim to represent, “common sense.” [More]

When it comes to guns, if you can’t believe the Politifact Truth-O-Meter, the Brady Campaign, Mark and Gabby, and a gaggle of anti-gun academics and researchers, who can you believe?

[Via Mack H]

The Wrong Questions

 Biden hasn’t ordered dishonorable discharges for vaccine refusers in military, as viral post claimed [More]

True. And only an idiot (or a plant trolling for suckers) would make such a claim. That doesn't invalidate the FACT that the danger exists for those fighting back and losing. But it sure makes it look that way.

Case in point (via Michael G):

Veteran of Afghanistan war with heart conditions faces possible dishonorable discharge for refusing COVID vaccine

Here's another tactical Politifact deception:

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine contains an “undisclosed ingredient. … How is informed consent possible?”

That calculated dismissal presumes that's the only informed consent issue presented and ignores the FACT that Andy Nguyen has zero medical qualifications and has no idea what other dangers, especially long-term ones, will manifest.

But don't take my word for how agenda-driven Politifact always has been.

You could go down the line with ratings these narrative amplifiers post and see how many fit right in with Mr. Pynchon's truism:

“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.” 

It Depends Upon What the Meaning of the Word 'Murder' Is

Politifact: the Precise Meaning of Words Doesn’t Necessarily Make Warren and Harris Wrong [More]

The old Clinton defense...

Yes, why hamstring those who write and enforce our laws with unreasonable expectations like adhering to precise and consistent legal definitions?

[Via Michael G]

11th hour Politifact flak shows Joe Miller over target on immigration and guns

As for the Alaska primary in two days, a large part of whether Miller can maintain his last-minute momentum and beat the odds is up to gun owners who understand what he and Gun Owners of America are saying, that all credible documentation shows amnesty will lead to Democrat majorities that will essentially gut what the law recognizes as “gun rights.” [More]

This evening's  emergency Gun Rights Examiner article makes the case that this race affects us all, not just Alaskans, and as such, YOUR help to spread the word is vital. As  the election is Tuesday, your help is needed NOW.

PolitiF*ct

 Another incredible @PolitiFact gaslight... [More]

But...but...but I always considered them every bit as reliable as Snopes...

[Via Michael G]

The BS-O-Meter is on the Fritz Again

He muffed his statement; the U.S. guns were involved in Mexican crimes, not necessarily drug trafficking. But officials in both governments say U.S. -sourced guns make up a large proportion of guns carried by drug traffickers. 

We rate Moran’s statement Mostly True. [More]

Why, because the Obama and Calderon administrations say so?  Geez, that's some media watchdog keeping an eye on things for us.

Actually, even with their dropping the old lie and admitting that these are guns submitted for tracing, the way this is presented still helps mislead readers into into drawing unwarranted conclusions. There are other factors not mentioned that need to be considered to view things in their proper perspective.

For instance, some of us have documented in the past that guns submitted for tracing account for only a small fraction of total guns seized, and how only about a third of those submitted guns came from U.S. dealers.

And in a report that factors in government sales and non-civilian ordnance, Stratfor concludes:

[T]he 3,480 guns positively traced to the United States equals less than 12 percent of the total arms seized in Mexico in 2008 and less than 48 percent of all those submitted by the Mexican government to the ATF for tracing. This means that almost 90 percent of the guns seized in Mexico in 2008 were not traced back to the United States.

That's hardly "a large proportion."

Yet once again, our anti-gun pal Rep. Moron and his lickspittle camp followers at the Orwellian-named "Politifact" have buried the needle on the old BS-O-Meter.  Maybe all that overload is why they keep breaking the damn thing...

[Via Mack H]

Mostly B...s...

Georgia and other states with weak gun laws have more crime. [More]

This assumes a cause and effect relationship between citizen disarmament edicts and criminal behavior--and that guns cause crime.

It hasn't happened with the first assumption and can be shown as demonstrably untrue with the second--unless someone's been suppressing the news about those 4 million rampaging NRA members. Although an in-depth analysis of Furious Mike's "Only Ones" might cause me to revise that assessment...

From 1992 to 2008, nearly 2,000 New York Police Department officers were arrested, according to the department’s own annual reports of the Internal Affairs Bureau, an average of 119 a year.

Let's see, with approximately 40,000 full-time and auxiliary officers, can anybody figure out how much more "law-abiding" we who live just fine amidst "loose gun laws" are...?

PolitiFact scammers can take their Truth-O-Meter and throw it at the next reptile who decides he owns them.

[Via Mack H]

Unusually Cruel

 An eyewitness report from inside the DC jail...[More]

Politifact says they're getting what they deserve.

[Via Michael G]

There He Goes Plagiarizing Again

 "It's about who gets to count the votes" [More]

It's congenital with this guy.

Regardless of doubts being raised, I'll take the recollections of Stalin's secretary, Boris Bazhanov, over the weasel-wording by USA Today, Snopes, Politifact, and other leftist propaganda mills any day.

[Via Michael G]

Mostly

PolitiFact: Only ‘Mostly True’ to Point Out Joe Manchin Has ‘D’ Rating from NRA [More]

Well shoot -- they could make the same claim about Kirsten Gillibrand and Tim Walz and Anitere Flores and Rick Scott and  (I could do this all day)...

Or make that night.

Politif*ct Redux

 PANTS ON FIRE: Politifact defends Joe and Kamala, claims they never distrusted the COVID vaccine [More]

But they're generally so honest about everything else...

[Via Michael G]

Blast from the Past

 If you have not read Jeff Snyder's "A Nation of Cowards," carve out the time to do so, and properly, with consideration and reflection. If it's been a while since you read it, rediscover its truths. [More]

Then use them.

There's another essay Snyder wrote that also deserves to be reintroduced, but I read it 20 years ago, and damn if I can remember the title. I'll subject myself to some bright lights and slap myself around a bit to see if I want to quit stalling and talk.

In my preliminary search for it, I did come across a contention and discussion from a few years back saying he used a false Madison quote. Not so. The quote may be false, but here's what Snyder wrote:

"As the Founding Fathers knew well, a government that does not trust its honest, law-abiding, taxpaying citizens with the means of self-defense is not itself worthy of trust."

That's not a quote and doesn't represent itself to be one, but is nonetheless a fair paraphrasing. NOC doesn't even mention Madison. And no, it hasn't been subsequently edited.

I know Facebook, Twitter, and Politifact don't have to worry about their "fact-checkers" knowing what the hell they're talking about, but if someone ostensibly on "our side" represents his conclusions as being the correct ones, I expect no less than what I demand of myself.

UPDATE: And holding myself to what I expect of myself, it appears a retraction and apology are in order: From me.

Nuanced Deception

After Grassley quoted polls showing broad support for the photo ID component of voter ID laws during a Wednesday Senate hearing, Politifact suggested the “polls overlook[ed] nuances in the debate.” [More]

They're not very subtle about lying, are they?

[Via Michael G]

Time for the 'Fact-Checkers' to Jerk Those Knees

 Dr. Reiner Fuellmich gives an opening statement summarizing the findings of the court. Nuremberg 2 Trial Crimes Against Humanity [Watch]

Naturally, he is dismissed as a spreader of disinformation and discounted because this hasn't been heard by a "real" court.

Funny thing-- just like Snopes and Politifact, they don't address the substance of his specific claims but rather "refute" an argument he's not actually making about court "authority" (it's a self-proclaimed "model proceeding") and use that to try and discredit everything he says.

[Via JK]

The Glass House

Unsurprisingly, Beto and Bill project. [More]

Elect the former and look forward to citizen disarmament and the destruction of the Republic through cultural terraforming.  That makes him a domestic enemy, not matter how much sympathizers at "Politifact" try to quibble and parse.