Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Media Coast-To-Coast Spotted Scott Walker's Deviousness

More for your "Scott Walker Truthiness Troubles" archive:

*  The opinion editor at US News & World Report saw it early.

*  As did Media Matters.

*  So did The Washington Post, and it used video of a waffling but finally grudgingly confessional Walker on Capitol Hill to underscore it.

*  Huffington Post joined the party.

*  As has The Capital Times.

*  And here at this modest blog, we've followed it all year long.

Going back to February, the first two of 73 Walker/PolitiFact/Truthiness on my blog, are here and here.

By July 10, there was this one and headline:

Another - - Yes, Another - - Walker "False" Rating Via PolitiFact: Anyone Keeping Score?

(Later examples, here, or within the last 48 hours - - here - - or go to the search box.) And yes, PolitiFact keeps score for you. Here's Walker's up-to-date PolitiFact record: 26, or close to 70% of the 38 statements it has vetted, include the word "False" in the rating:


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