When Paul Ryan gave his electrifying speech, CNN could hardly wait to proclaim that the speech was filled with errors and distortions.\u00a0 Factchecking is\u00a0the latest tactic of the Obama Re-election Committee, thinly disguised as the main stream media, to save Obama from himself.\u00a0 Factchecking would be great, if it was limited to checking actual facts.\u00a0\u00a0 But for CNN, factchecking has deterioriated to comparing\u00a0any Republican\u00a0 comments against Democratic talking points.\u00a0 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.\u00a0\u00a0Ryan was telling the truth.\u00a0 Obama did say that and the plant did close.\u00a0 But CNN was offended, because Ryan said this in a way that was deliberately intended to make Obama look bad.\u00a0 Imagine that!\u00a0 A politician deliberately making his opponent look bad.<\/p>\n
Let’s apply the CNN standard to sports.\u00a0 A major league pitcher\u00a0strikes out a batter on a called third strike.\u00a0 The video replay shows\u00a0that\u00a0the ball did cross the plate\u00a0just above the knees.\u00a0 But the CNN reporter is outraged for several reasons.\u00a0 First, the pitcher was deliberately deceptive by throwing a fast ball when the batter had been expecting a curve.\u00a0 In addition the pitcher threw it low and outside, which greatly reduced the chances of the batter hitting a home run.\u00a0 Then to complete the deception, the pitcher irresponsibly put extra effort into the throw making it go even faster than expected.<\/p>\n
This is so unfair.\u00a0 Granted, the pitch was technically a strike, but that didn’t make it fair.\u00a0 Didn’t the pitcher realize that the batter was a good guy and he really wanted to hit the ball.<\/p>\n
TDM<\/p>\n
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When Paul Ryan gave his electrifying speech, CNN could hardly wait to proclaim that the speech was filled with errors and distortions.\u00a0 Factchecking is\u00a0the latest tactic of the Obama Re-election Committee, thinly disguised as the main stream media, to save … Continue reading