Comments on: The Facts about Politics http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2004/09/10/the-facts-about-politics/ My Experiences with Software Development Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:04:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Brennan Stehling http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2004/09/10/the-facts-about-politics/#comment-69 Brennan Stehling Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:51:56 +0000 http://brennanwp.offwhite.net/blog/?p=37#comment-69 It appears that Factcheck.org is a solid website maintained by a University. When I first showed it to a co-worker who is is fairly right leaning he felt it was baised against the current adminstration because it refute more of their claims than the Democrats. But in the Cheney-Edwards debate the website was recommended by Cheney himself as a source to get the facts. He mistakenly said Factcheck.com but he meant Factcheck.org. If you go to the wrong website you will be redirected to an extremely biased website as it was adjusted the day after the debate by the owners who did not appreciate having their server overloaded with traffic. So do like Cheney suggests. Go get the real facts for yourself. And you may also notice that the TV networks are also doing their own fact checks of claims made in ads and the debates as well. I am finding that ABC News is doing a great job. After each debate they do not even allow comments from the spinsters who will try to talk up their side. Wow, how about that. A journalist maintaining an unbiased position. FOX and CBS could learn from them. It appears that Factcheck.org is a solid website maintained by a University. When I first showed it to a co-worker who is is fairly right leaning he felt it was baised against the current adminstration because it refute more of their claims than the Democrats. But in the Cheney-Edwards debate the website was recommended by Cheney himself as a source to get the facts. He mistakenly said Factcheck.com but he meant Factcheck.org. If you go to the wrong website you will be redirected to an extremely biased website as it was adjusted the day after the debate by the owners who did not appreciate having their server overloaded with traffic.

So do like Cheney suggests. Go get the real facts for yourself. And you may also notice that the TV networks are also doing their own fact checks of claims made in ads and the debates as well. I am finding that ABC News is doing a great job. After each debate they do not even allow comments from the spinsters who will try to talk up their side. Wow, how about that. A journalist maintaining an unbiased position. FOX and CBS could learn from them.

]]> By: Brennan Stehling http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2004/09/10/the-facts-about-politics/#comment-68 Brennan Stehling Sun, 19 Sep 2004 23:23:04 +0000 http://brennanwp.offwhite.net/blog/?p=37#comment-68 Before blogs people were still getting their information from family, friends and strangers on the street. Anyone can share their opionions and usually do. With or without blogs, poor and incomplete information will still be pervasive. The real thing that should scare us is that people to do not get their facts straight before they vote. But that will always be an issue. With blogs it should be easier for people to directly link to legitimate sources to back up their blog entries. Before blogs people were still getting their information from family, friends and strangers on the street. Anyone can share their opionions and usually do. With or without blogs, poor and incomplete information will still be pervasive. The real thing that should scare us is that people to do not get their facts straight before they vote. But that will always be an issue. With blogs it should be easier for people to directly link to legitimate sources to back up their blog entries.

]]> By: willieG http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2004/09/10/the-facts-about-politics/#comment-67 willieG Sat, 18 Sep 2004 00:28:01 +0000 http://brennanwp.offwhite.net/blog/?p=37#comment-67 I'm worried about all the information that's being dispersed on these web sites and blogs. There is no journalism integrity enforced in these things at all. People are going to be influenced by the uninformed opinions of people that get their information from other misleading blogs, etc, etc. It really scares me. I'm worried about all the information that's being dispersed on these web sites and blogs. There is no journalism integrity enforced in these things at all. People are going to be influenced by the uninformed opinions of people that get their information from other misleading blogs, etc, etc. It really scares me.

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