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When PolitiFact won the Pulitzer Prize (for national reporting) in 2008‚ the committee touted how they used ";probing reporters and the power of the World Wide Web to examine more than 750 political claims‚ separating rhetoric from truth to enlighten voters."; It';s not that simple. It';s not always so cut and dried to locate ";truth.";While USA Today fact-checking boss Eric Litke says fact-checkers should be ";obsessed with fairness‚"; our latest NewsBusters study of PolitiFact demonstrates a significant partisan aggression against Republican politicians. Named politicians in the GOP were tagged as ";Mostly False"; or worse in almost 75 percent of fact checks‚ while the Democrats landed on that False side only 26 percent of the time. Blogs tagging the Republicans as false (47) were almost five times as common as blogs tagging the Democrats as false (ten).PolitiFact';s selection bias seems to operate along the lines of the old Stephen Colbert joke that ";Reality has a liberal bias."; Republicans drew more ";fact checks"; (63 to 39)‚ but it started with a 20 to 1 disparity in the first three weeks in January. I called attention to it on Twitter‚ and suddenly they added five Democrat fact checks‚ including two for President Biden and two for Vice President Harris.It evened out in February -- 17 Republican checks to 14 for Democrats -- but the tilt was egregious. Thirteen of 17 GOP fact checks were tagged ";Mostly False"; or worse‚ and only two on the True side. But eleven of the 14 Democrat checks were on the True side -- eight True‚ three Mostly True.No one should expect fact-checking groups to calibrate their checks so that the distribution of ";False"; claims is equally distributed. But what PolitiFact';s doing here is the opposite: it';s making sure the Party of Trump stands out as the less honest and trustworthy party. That doesn';t ";enlighten voters"; as much as encourage voters to check the D.Enjoy the podcast below or wherever you listen to podcasts.

A brutal video of an allegedly racially motivated beating of a high school student is being investigated by Connecticut police.The video shows a large group of people laughing and recording as two assailants beat a girl reported to be a student at Greenwich High School. Greenwich police said that they were called to Byram Park on Tuesday evening at about 8:25 p.m. ";on a report of a large group of juveniles and young adults who had gathered after hours.";An injured girl was discovered after police dispersed the crowd‚ and she was transported to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries. Police said she was the victim of an assault.When they learned that a video of the assault had been reportedly published to social media‚ police called in detectives from the Community Impact Section to help identify the suspects involved.Video of the brutal incident was posted by the popular Libs of TikTok account‚ where it garnered more than 3.1 million views in just several hours. A description on the video read simply‚ ";she said the n word got hopped."; (@) School officials had previously noted incidents at Greenwich High School where students were assaulted and videos were posted to social media. ";The Greenwich Police Department has confirmed for us that a small group of students have initiated multiple fights at GHS and in town‚ not a large ';gang'; as some have reported on social media‚"; read a letter to parents from Superintendent of Greenwich Public Schools Dr. Toni Jones in November. ";The GPD takes these matters seriously and will not hesitate to file criminal charges against students when appropriate.";Police had responded by increasing their presence in the area. ";Extra patrols have been scheduled after school hours in areas where juveniles have been known to gather‚ our school resource officers have proven very effective at identifying potential issues that could arise between students‚ and our community impact section has been very proactive at monitoring social media for large gatherings‚"; read a statement to Patch from the Greenwich Police. Byram Park is only about four miles away from Greenwich High School. Anyone with information about the latest assault is encouraged to contact Detective John King at 203-622-8052.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Ralph ";Sonny"; Barger was just 20 years old when he took control of the Hells Angels in 1958. Under his leadership‚ the small California motorcycle club quickly grew into a notorious group with chapters across 63 countries.The post The True Story Of Sonny Barger‚ The Hells Angels President Who Led The Club To International Fame appeared first on All That';s Interesting.

One of history';s most famous and bloodthirsty legendary creatures‚ vampires have terrified human beings for centuries.The post Inside The Bloody History Of Vampires‚ From Ruthless Rulers To Medical Mysteries appeared first on All That';s Interesting.

Disney argued it has a constitutional right not to associate its artistic expression with Caranos speech‚ citing the First Amendment.