Non Partisan Sanity checks

BigV · 09-17-2008, 06:32 PM

Not exactly a clone thread, Griff. An anti-clone, if you will.

Where do you go to get reliable information? Especially in this "silly season" as it's sometimes called. I certainly don't know everything (just ask Tink). But I like to make informed choices. I listen to what's being said, I consider the source, I compare it to what I already know. I take care with my thoughts, with my decisions and actions. Some have described me as a mite serious. I'm flattered.

As the election approaches, the volume of information will continue to increase, and will soon become too great to manage. I'll have to triage the incoming flow to avoid being overloaded. Here are some of the resources I use online to understand what's being said better. Just because it's being said louder or longer doesn't make it truer. I want to know, as well as I can, what the truth is.

www.snopes.com

www.factcheck.org

www.procon.org

www.polifact.com

Where do you turn to fact check something you learned about the campaign trail? How do you decide? I welcome your input.

classicman · 09-17-2008, 06:51 PM

I ask you guys.

dar512 · 09-17-2008, 07:59 PM

This is a worthwhile topic, V.

I'd like to know if McCain really called his wife a trollop and a cunt - as per one of Radar's videos in the humor thread. I've googled it, but I don't find anything in the mainstream media. It seems to be all blogger talk.

TheMercenary · 09-17-2008, 08:09 PM

I use the first two links to check nearly everything I have read or heard anywhere about the current political race in the last two weeks. I have not heard about the other two links but I will check them out. Thanks.

Clodfobble · 09-17-2008, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dar512

I'd like to know if McCain really called his wife a trollop and a cunt - as per one of Radar's videos in the humor thread. I've googled it, but I don't find anything in the mainstream media. It seems to be all blogger talk.

It was initially alleged in a tell-all book by Cliff Schecter called The Real McCain, who says he was on the campaign trail with McCain at the time. McCain has been asked about it specifically, but so far has dodged the question by chiding the use of that kind of language in public.

dar512 · 09-17-2008, 09:43 PM

Thanks, Clod.

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-18-2008, 12:38 AM

Yeah, thanks, V.

footfootfoot · 09-18-2008, 02:31 PM

For all things spun:
http://www.prwatch.org/

dar512 · 09-18-2008, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

For all things spun:
http://www.prwatch.org/

And here I thought I couldn't get more cynical.

BigV · 10-07-2008, 02:48 PM

link busted. pls repair. suggest you remove --> " <-- double quotes

TheMercenary · 10-10-2008, 01:16 PM

Keep this close to the top, people need to use it more often. Thanks again to Mr V.

09-17-2008, 06:32 PM	#1
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Non Partisan Sanity checks Not exactly a clone thread, Griff. An anti-clone, if you will. Where do you go to get reliable information? Especially in this "silly season" as it's sometimes called. I certainly don't know everything (just ask Tink). But I like to make informed choices. I listen to what's being said, I consider the source, I compare it to what I already know. I take care with my thoughts, with my decisions and actions. Some have described me as a mite serious. I'm flattered. As the election approaches, the volume of information will continue to increase, and will soon become too great to manage. I'll have to triage the incoming flow to avoid being overloaded. Here are some of the resources I use online to understand what's being said better. Just because it's being said louder or longer doesn't make it truer. I want to know, as well as I can, what the truth is. www.snopes.com www.factcheck.org www.procon.org www.polifact.com Where do you turn to fact check something you learned about the campaign trail? How do you decide? I welcome your input. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-17-2008, 06:51 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I ask you guys. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-17-2008, 07:59 PM	#3
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	This is a worthwhile topic, V. I'd like to know if McCain really called his wife a trollop and a cunt - as per one of Radar's videos in the humor thread. I've googled it, but I don't find anything in the mainstream media. It seems to be all blogger talk. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

09-17-2008, 08:09 PM	#4
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I use the first two links to check nearly everything I have read or heard anywhere about the current political race in the last two weeks. I have not heard about the other two links but I will check them out. Thanks. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

09-17-2008, 09:43 PM	#6
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Thanks, Clod. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

09-18-2008, 12:38 AM	#7
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Yeah, thanks, V. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

09-18-2008, 02:31 PM	#8
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	For all things spun: http://www.prwatch.org/ __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-07-2008, 02:48 PM	#10
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	link busted. pls repair. suggest you remove --> " <-- double quotes __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-10-2008, 01:16 PM	#11
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Keep this close to the top, people need to use it more often. Thanks again to Mr V. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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