ROCKABILLY RULES

ROCKABILLY RULES
The Rockin Johnny B

Sunday, February 1, 2015

OH THOSE BIT OL' LIARS

TRUTH TELLING 

OR NOT

  1. FROM PUNDIT FACT
    1. Each of the news networks that we routinely follow -- ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC/MSNBC and CNN -- now has a scorecard that breaks down that network’s performance on the Truth-O-Meter. The scorecard tallies each statement we fact-check on that network and groups the rulings by percentage.
      1. Right now, you can look at the NBC/MSNBC file and see how that network’s pundits and on-air talent stand. For instance, 46 percent of the claims made by NBC and MSNBC pundits and on-air personalities have been rated Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire.
      2. At FOX and Fox News Channel, that same number is 60 percent.
      3. At CNN, it’s 18 percent.
  2. The comparisons are interesting, but be cautious about using them to draw broad conclusions. We use our news judgment to pick the facts we’re going to check, so we certainly don’t fact-check everything. And we don’t fact-check the five network groups evenly. CBS, for instance, doesn’t have a cable network equivalent, so we haven’t fact-checked pundits and CBS personalities as much.
    1. The ABC scorecard, meanwhile, includes fact-checks that were part of a 2010 partnership between PolitiFact and ABC’s Sunday news show This Week.
    2. Our scorecards only include statements made on that network by a pundit or a host or paid staffer. That means they do not include statements made by elected leaders, candidates or party officials. We feel it’s difficult to hold a network accountable for the comments of a politician.
    3. Also, if a Fox News host appears on NBC and makes a claim that we fact-check, that rating would appear on the NBC page. In this case, it’s about the network that aired the content, not the person who said it.
  3. NOW FOR A FEW PERSONALITIES:
    1. RACHAEL MADDOW:
      1. True3 (13%)(3), Mostly True6 (25%)(6), Half True3 (13%)(3), Mostly False6 (25%)(6), False5 (21%)(5), Pants on Fire1 (4%)(1)
    2. RUSH LIMBAUGH:
      1. True0(0), Mostly True2 (7%)(2), Half True3 (11%)(3), Mostly False7 (25%)(7), False9 (32%)(9), Pants on Fire7 (25%)(7)
    3. GLENN BECK:
      1. True2 (7%)(2), Mostly True2 (7%)(2), Half True7 (26%)(7), Mostly False4 (15%)(4), False6 (22%)(6), Pants on Fire6 (22%)(6)
    4. SEAN HANNITY:
      1. True3 (25%)(3) Mostly True2 (17%)(2) Half True3 (25%)(3) Mostly False1 (8%)(1) False3 (25%)(3) Pants on Fire0(0)
    5. BILL O'REILLY:
      1. True2 (12%)(2) Mostly True4 (24%)(4) Half True2 (12%)(2) Mostly False3 (18%)(3) False5 (29%)(5) Pants on Fire1 (6%)(1)
    6. TUCKER CARLSON:
      1. True0(0) Mostly True0(0) Half True1 (50%)(1) Mostly False0(0) False0(0) Pants on Fire1 (50%)(1)
    7. ANN COULTER:
      1. True1 (10%)(1) Mostly True0(0) Half True3 (30%)(3) Mostly False2 (20%)(2) False2(20%)(2) Pants on Fire2 (20%)(2)
    8. LOU DOBBS:
      1. True0(0) Mostly True1 (25%)(1) Half True0(0) Mostly False1 (25%)(1) False2 (50%)2) Pants on Fire0(0)
    9. CHRIS HAYES:
      1. True0(0) Mostly True0(0) Half True1 (100%)(1) Mostly False0(0) False0(0) Pants on Fire0(0)
    10. MIKE HUCKABEE:
      1. True7 (23%)(7) Mostly True2 (6%)(2) Half True7 (23%)(7) Mostly False7 (23%)(7) False4 (13%)(4) Pants on Fire4 (13%)(4)
    11. CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER
      1. True1 (33%)(1) Mostly True0(0) Half True1 (33%)(1) Mostly False1 (33%)(1) False0(0) Pants on Fire0(0)
    12. PAUL KRUGMAN
      1. True7 (44%)(7) Mostly True4 (25%)(4) Half True3 (19%)(3) Mostly False0(0) False2(13%)(2) Pants on Fire0(0)
    13. CHRIS MATTHEWS
      1. True1 (14%)(1) Mostly True1 (14%)(1) Half True2 (29%)(2) Mostly False1 (14%)(1) False2 (29%)(2) Pants on Fire0(0)
    14. ANDREA MITCHELL
      1. True0(0) Mostly True1 (50%)(1) Half True1 (50%)(1) Mostly False0(0) False0(0) Pants on Fire0(0)
    15. LAWRENCE O'DONNELL
      1. True1 (14%)(1) Mostly True3 (43%)(3) Half True0(0) Mostly False2 (29%)(2) False1(14%)(1) Pants on Fire0(0)
    16. SARAH PALIN
      1. True14 (23%)(14) Mostly True6 (10%)(6) Half True8 (13%)(8) Mostly False9 (15%)9) False18 (30%)(18) Pants on Fire6 (10%)(6)
    17. ED SCHULTZ
      1. True0(0) Mostly True1 (10%)(1) Half True3 (30%)(3) Mostly False3 (30%)(3) False1(10%)(1) Pants on Fire2 (20%)(2)
    18. AL SHARPTON
      1. True0(0) Mostly True1 (25%)(1) Half True1 (25%)(1) Mostly False1 (25%)(1) False1(25%)(1) Pants on Fire0(0)
    19. JON STEWART
      1. True2 (33%)(2) Mostly True1 (17%)(1) Half True0(0) Mostly False0(0) False2 (33%)2) Pants on Fire1 (17%)(1)
    20. JOHN STOSSEL
      1. True0(0) Mostly True0(0) Half True0(0) Mostly False0(0) False1 (100%)(1) Pants Fire0(0)
    21. CHUCK TODD
      1. True3 (75%)(3) Mostly True0(0) Half True1 (25%)(1) Mostly False0(0) False0(0) Pants on Fire0(0)
    22. DONALD TRUMP
      1. True0(0) Mostly True2 (15%)(2) Half True2 (15%)(2) Mostly False0(0) False5 (38%)5) Pants on Fire4 (31%)
    23. Greta Van Susteren
      1. True0(0) Mostly True1 (50%)(1) Half True0(0) Mostly False0(0) False1 (50%)(1) Pants on Fire0(0)
    24. CHRIS WALLACE
      1. .True0(0) Mostly True0(0) Half True2 (100%)(2) Mostly False0(0) False0(0) Pants Fire0(0)
    25. FOX NEWS AND OTHER CABLE NEWS OUTLETS
      2. Fox News is between mostly false to pants on fire 75% of the time. Making this news outlet the worst outlet of all the major networks for spewing out misstatements and just plain lies.
      3. Next is MSNBC with 45%
      4. CNN is the best with 18%

        Which makes a person wanna go hmmmm?!?

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