{"id":15320,"date":"2012-09-01T11:43:34","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T15:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15320"},"modified":"2012-09-01T11:43:34","modified_gmt":"2012-09-01T15:43:34","slug":"when-fact-checkers-dont-fact-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15320","title":{"rendered":"When Fact Checkers Don’t Fact Check"},"content":{"rendered":"

Red State<\/a> posted an article today on some of the ‘fact checking’ done on the speeches at the Republican Convention<\/a>. I will post some of the details, but the bottom line is simple–Don’t believe anything you hear until you have a chance to look into the facts for yourself.<\/p>\n

The article at Red State cites a few examples:<\/p>\n

Democrats<\/a> are energetically attempting to create the perception that Republicans<\/a> \u2014 specifically, Paul Ryan<\/a> \u2014 are running around Tampa<\/a> making stuff up about Barack Obama<\/a> (as if that\u2019s necessary). And when I say Democrats, as regrettably clich\u00e9 as it may sound, I also mean the mainstream media.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following assertions, for instance, are true:<\/strong><\/p>\n