Well this is depressing.
I've always looked at those "fact checking" sites as being similar to Wikipedia anyway - good starting points. Still, this one is unfortunate.
The Leprechaun Factor
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the blog of Daniel Kuehn
"Facts are stubborn things;
and whatever may be our wishes,
our inclinations, or the dictates
of our passion, they cannot alter
the state of facts and evidence."
- John Adams
"When the facts change I change my mind.
What do you do, sir?
- John Maynard Keynes
Daniel Kuehn is a doctoral candidate in economics at American University. He has a master's degree in public policy from George Washington University.
Evan, his brother, occasionally blogs on F&OST, but can usually be found here.
I wouldn't say that their errors are more prominent in analysis of the left than the right. They are pretty much all around crappy in their analyses. Much like wikipedia, they are good for getting a broad picture, but not for any deep analysis of something. Then again, this is true of most internet "fact checking" sites. Snopes is another, but snopes certainly does have a political agenda.
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