THE AWFUL TRUTH ABOUT SARAH

[defrog]

Now that John McCain has created a Truth Squad to debunk all 5,000 rumors about Sarah Palin currently circulating the Internetz, now is as good a time for me to introduce you (or re-introduce, whichever applies) to the best friend you’ll ever have in this election: the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center, which runs FactCheck.org.

Which is worth mentioning partly because people won’t stop circulating the “Sarah Palin Banned Book List” (which was debunked a long time ago), and partly because there’s absolutely no reason to trust John McCain to straighten things out. FactCheck tends to be very good at digging for the facts and verifying them (you know, like the media used to do at some point). More importantly, they don’t choose sides.

And they’ve compiled a list of a number of Palin memes that are either false or misleading. I highly recommend reading it. Then you should explore the rest of the site.

DISCLAIMER: None of this should be mistaken as an endorsement for McCain/Palin. But I do firmly believe in an informed electorate. Also, just because the GOP keeps those “Obama is probably Muslim” memes in circulation, that doesn’t make it okay for Democrats to go around claiming that Palin burned books in Wasilla. “I swear, if Karl Rove jumped off the Empire State Building,” etc etc.

Besides, there are so many other awesome and reasonably true reasons not to vote for a McCain/Palin ticket.

For one thing, that’s not actually her in the bikini rifle pic. See, I could respect that. (Wouldn’t convince me to vote Republican. But I’d respect it, sure.)

Ain't it the truth,

This is dF

Comments

[bosswriter.livejournal.com]

Misinformation is always rampant in a presidential election so sites like factcheck are very useful.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of voters will believe everything they see on TV or read in the paper or on the Internet and never bother to check veracity.

That is how we got 8 years of dubyah.

[def-fr0g-42.livejournal.com]

Too true. It's easier than ever to simply find media that tells you what you want to hear (Fox News anyone?) and once you have that, why go anywhere else?