Hunter44
October-28th-2010, 08:16 AM
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130867126&sc=fb&cc=fp
After rating hundreds of claims in the 2010 election — from TV ads, debates, interviews and mailings — we're giving an overall Truth-O-Meter rating to the campaign.
We rate it "Barely True."
In a majority of claims checked this fall by PolitiFact and our eight state partners, we found a grain of truth, but it was exaggerated, twisted or distorted. (We define Barely True as a statement containing some element of truth, but it "ignores critical facts that would give a different impression.")
To see how the truth got squeezed, just compare our historical averages with our numbers since Sept. 1, when the campaign kicked into high gear. Over the three-year history of PolitiFact, we've consistently used the same methodology to choose facts to check. We pick claims that we believe voters are curious about. If we think a voter would say, "Is that true?", then we'll fact-check it. Using that approach, "True" ratings have steadily accounted for 20 percent of our 2,500 Truth-O-Meter rulings.
But since Sept. 1, True ratings have accounted for only 10 percent.
Politicians lie?? Who knew? :ols:
Here's another one I just found: Analysis: Little Truth In Many Groups' Campaign Ads
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130569589
After rating hundreds of claims in the 2010 election — from TV ads, debates, interviews and mailings — we're giving an overall Truth-O-Meter rating to the campaign.
We rate it "Barely True."
In a majority of claims checked this fall by PolitiFact and our eight state partners, we found a grain of truth, but it was exaggerated, twisted or distorted. (We define Barely True as a statement containing some element of truth, but it "ignores critical facts that would give a different impression.")
To see how the truth got squeezed, just compare our historical averages with our numbers since Sept. 1, when the campaign kicked into high gear. Over the three-year history of PolitiFact, we've consistently used the same methodology to choose facts to check. We pick claims that we believe voters are curious about. If we think a voter would say, "Is that true?", then we'll fact-check it. Using that approach, "True" ratings have steadily accounted for 20 percent of our 2,500 Truth-O-Meter rulings.
But since Sept. 1, True ratings have accounted for only 10 percent.
Politicians lie?? Who knew? :ols:
Here's another one I just found: Analysis: Little Truth In Many Groups' Campaign Ads
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130569589