When Paul Ryan gave his electrifying speech, CNN could hardly wait to proclaim that the speech was filled with errors and distortions.  Factchecking is the latest tactic of the Obama Re-election Committee, thinly disguised as the main stream media, to save Obama from himself.  Factchecking would be great, if it was limited to checking actual facts.   But for CNN, factchecking has deterioriated to comparing any Republican  comments against Democratic talking points.  A classic example of this was when Ryan said that Obama spoke at a GM plant and promised the workers that under his leadership, the plant would stay open for another 100 years.  Ryan was telling the truth.  Obama did say that and the plant did close.  But CNN was offended, because Ryan said this in a way that was deliberately intended to make Obama look bad.  Imagine that!  A politician deliberately making his opponent look bad.

Let’s apply the CNN standard to sports.  A major league pitcher strikes out a batter on a called third strike.  The video replay shows that the ball did cross the plate just above the knees.  But the CNN reporter is outraged for several reasons.  First, the pitcher was deliberately deceptive by throwing a fast ball when the batter had been expecting a curve.  In addition the pitcher threw it low and outside, which greatly reduced the chances of the batter hitting a home run.  Then to complete the deception, the pitcher irresponsibly put extra effort into the throw making it go even faster than expected.

This is so unfair.  Granted, the pitch was technically a strike, but that didn’t make it fair.  Didn’t the pitcher realize that the batter was a good guy and he really wanted to hit the ball.

TDM