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American Thinker: Who Fact-Checks the Fact-Checkers?
Posted on: July 20, 2019 at 06:11:21 CT
MizzouTigerz MU
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"... Let's look at a few of many examples.
CNN tweeted after Trump's address, "Fact check: President Trump misleadingly claims drugs will kill more Americans than the Vietnam War." Time to fact-check the fact-checkers.
According to the National Archives, there were "58,220 US military fatal casualties of the Vietnam War." The Centers for Disease Control reports approximately 70,000 deaths in 2017 in the U.S. from drug overdoses. The Vietnam War is said to have lasted from 1955 to 1975, or 20 years. This translates to an annualized 3,000 deaths per year in Vietnam, less than 5 percent of the number of drug overdose deaths per year.
Who is misleading? Obviously, CNN reporters are unable to perform simple research or do basic arithmetic. ..."
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/who_factchecks_the_fact_checkers.html
CNN tweeted after Trump's address, "Fact check: President Trump misleadingly claims drugs will kill more Americans than the Vietnam War." Time to fact-check the fact-checkers.
According to the National Archives, there were "58,220 US military fatal casualties of the Vietnam War." The Centers for Disease Control reports approximately 70,000 deaths in 2017 in the U.S. from drug overdoses. The Vietnam War is said to have lasted from 1955 to 1975, or 20 years. This translates to an annualized 3,000 deaths per year in Vietnam, less than 5 percent of the number of drug overdose deaths per year.
Who is misleading? Obviously, CNN reporters are unable to perform simple research or do basic arithmetic. ..."
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/who_factchecks_the_fact_checkers.html
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American Thinker: Who Fact-Checks the Fact-Checkers? - MizzouTigerz MU - 7/20 06:11:21