Fact-checkers are used to presumably make sure candidates are telling the truth, but what if fact-checkers are really not looking at the issues through unbiased eyes? This article examines the accuracy of what the fact-checkers were reporting.
The article concludes:
At the end of November, Politico published an article about how
progressive journalists, now that Obama was safely elected, were
beginning to consider criticizing the president a bit more. “He was
the champion of our side, he vanquished the foe,” New Yorker
political columnist Hendrik Hertzberg said. “[But] now liberals
don’t have to worry about hurting his chances for re-election, so
they can be tougher in urging him to do what he should be
doing.”
It was a remarkable admission of what many have long suspected:
Portions of the press are in the tank for Democrats. Now that’s a
fact worth checking.
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