Even FactCheck.org can’t resist a shot at Ridiculous Romney

I’m a fan of FactCheck.org. You’re probably familiar with it, but its Mission Statement tells you all you need to know about them:

We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit, “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.

The Annenberg Political Fact Check is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The APPC was established by publisher and philanthropist Walter Annenberg in 1994 to create a community of scholars within the University of Pennsylvania that would address public policy issues at the local, state, and federal levels.

The APPC accepts NO funding from business corporations, labor unions, political parties, lobbying organizations or individuals. It is funded primarily by the Annenberg Foundation.

I’ve been receiving e-mail updates from them for some time, and I generally have a good feeling about them. They do make an attempt to be straightforward and factual, with little opinion offered outside the facts.

Which is why I laughed when I saw this story from them:

“Romney’s Ridiculous Hyperbole”

Romney says in a TV ad that the U.S. will see more change in the next 10 years “than in the last 10 centuries.” More than since the Dark Ages? More changes than the advent of the printing press, railroads, constitutional democracy, penicillin, electricity, telecommunications and the Internet all put together? We don’t think so.

They are just unable to not call Romney ridiculous. You can still be non-partisan if the guy you show little respect for is an empty suit. Of course, it seems that the folks at FactCheck are as fed up with the endless stream of fairy-tale nonsense that comes out of Shoulders’ mouth as the rest of us. They also have stories titled:

“More Mitt Malarky”

“More Mitt Missteps”

“Don’t veto the truth”

“Mitt Romney is a lying douchebag”.

Ok, that last one was mine. But seriously, the question is begged: Is there anti-Mitt bias at FactCheck.org? Nope, they’re just reporting the facts.

–WKW

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