Monday, July 12, 2010

PolitiFact Texas is the worst thing out there in journalism today...

NPR had a story on PolitiFact's franchises around the country including Texas (link). Excerpt follows...

A Tough Start

The American-Statesman was the first regional news outlet to unveil its own Truth-O-Meter, and that first stretch was a rough one.

"At the start, [we] had some vigorous conversations about why we've concluded what we did, and why they thought we were off our rockers," recalls Gardner Selby, a reporter and editor for the PolitiFact Texas desk. "I have a press release that was issued by Gov. [Rick] Perry's campaign. The headline is, 'Truth-O-Meter is Broken.' I think that was issued in the first week we were in business."

Ouch... not a great review of this biased piece of junk...

What could be the very best thing out there is one of the worst... the people behind Politifarce are the ones who make it such a bogus turdlet. The concept itself is sound, but there are a few distinct biases that rear their ugly heads... including selection bias, context bias, and just plain liberal bias... despite the occasional token "false" or "pants on fire" given to Democrats.

I can't find that press release from Rick's peeps on the web anywhere... but they were right if they really did put that out... the Truth-O-Meter is broken. Absolutely broken...

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