Rachel Maddow is TICKED OFF

[SpankMe]

26. Way cool. But, I was first.

I was pointing out some 12 months ago that "fact check" organizations were hedging into right-wing territory because they're afraid of being labeled as tools of the liberal elite.

Because conservatives lie, distort and mis-state "facts" so much more that liberals do, these fact-check organizations' web sites - if they were honest and accurate - would be chock-full of articles pointing to right wing shortcomings while calling liberals to task only occasionally. This imbalance would make it look like favoritism of liberals over conservatives. So, fact-check organizations are straying from literal fact vs. non-fact checking and have started delving into 'context' in order to "balance things out" between liberals and conservatives.

Like someone famous recently said "Facts are liberal, apparently..."

This leaking of right-wing information bubble-ness form the fringe into the mainstream that Rachel speaks of is very real and supports and promotes the rightward lurching we're seeing in this country.