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#1 Post by Rexer25 » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:30 pm

of political posters. Before you post a statement about what someone said someone said, please verify what you can.

Factcheck
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#2 Post by tlynn78 » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:34 pm

please verify what you can
Next you'll be wanting to cloud the issues with facts.

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#3 Post by mrkelley23 » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:36 pm

Just don't do what Dick Cheney did, and advise people to go to factcheck dot com. :shock:
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#4 Post by Rexer25 » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:39 pm

mrkelley23 wrote:Just don't do what Dick Cheney did, and advise people to go to factcheck dot com. :shock:
Is that the site that pinpoints WMD in Iraq?
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#5 Post by peacock2121 » Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:04 am

Rexer25 wrote:of political posters. Before you post a statement about what someone said someone said, please verify what you can.

Factcheck
simple?


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#6 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:53 am

Rexer25 wrote:of political posters. Before you post a statement about what someone said someone said, please verify what you can.

Factcheck
Good site. And notice who it has distorting their findings.
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#7 Post by gsabc » Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:57 am

Thanks for the site and link. But do I dare try the dot com version from work? :shock:
I just ordered chicken and an egg from Amazon. I'll let you know.
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#8 Post by Rexer25 » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:01 am

gsabc wrote:Thanks for the site and link. But do I dare try the dot com version from work? :shock:
I did last night. It just goes to one of those "look-up" sites that has a number of links you might be interested in if you typed in factcheck.com, indicating (to me, anyway) that some one snapped up .com before factcheck could get their site up.
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#9 Post by nitrah55 » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:25 am

Rexer25 wrote:of political posters. Before you post a statement about what someone said someone said, please verify what you can.

Factcheck
What fun would that be?
I am about 25% sure of this.
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#10 Post by mrkelley23 » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:18 pm

I didn't double check it before I posted it, but at the time Dick Cheney recommended it during a nationally televised appearance, factcheck dot com was a porn site. Caused some minor embarrassment.
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