Comments on: FactCheck.org: 4 out of 5 claims of Obama’s Congressional speech were false http://politicalintegritynow.com/2009/09/factcheck-org-4-out-of-5-claims-of-obamas-congressional-speech-were-false/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:43:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: PJ http://politicalintegritynow.com/2009/09/factcheck-org-4-out-of-5-claims-of-obamas-congressional-speech-were-false/comment-page-1/#comment-100 PJ Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:26:36 +0000 http://politicalintegritynow.com/?p=1123#comment-100 I think you have this one pegged. Deliberately deceptive: done with or having the intention of deceiving somebody. This strains your credibility. Also the picture - not nice. I think you have this one pegged.
Deliberately deceptive: done with or having the intention of deceiving somebody.
This strains your credibility.
Also the picture – not nice.

]]> By: Chet Nichols http://politicalintegritynow.com/2009/09/factcheck-org-4-out-of-5-claims-of-obamas-congressional-speech-were-false/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Chet Nichols Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:37:41 +0000 http://politicalintegritynow.com/?p=1123#comment-97 As you said, my headline reads “false”, It did not say that the President “lied”. The definitions of “false” include: • Incorrect: not conforming to facts or truth, was given false information • Mistaken: resulting from a mistaken belief or a misunderstanding, have a false impression of the situation • Artificial: imitating, copying, or having the same function as a particular thing and replacing or used alongside it • Deliberately deceptive: done with or having the intention of deceiving somebody false promises •Not genuine: intentionally made or adopted to deceive somebody false papers The headline was accurate, not a play on words, but based on the definition of “false”. http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861610379/false.html As you said, my headline reads “false”, It did not say that the President “lied”. The definitions of “false” include:

• Incorrect: not conforming to facts or truth, was given false information
• Mistaken: resulting from a mistaken belief or a misunderstanding, have a false impression of the situation
• Artificial: imitating, copying, or having the same function as a particular thing and replacing or used alongside it
• Deliberately deceptive: done with or having the intention of deceiving somebody
false promises
•Not genuine: intentionally made or adopted to deceive somebody
false papers

The headline was accurate, not a play on words, but based on the definition of “false”.

http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861610379/false.html

]]> By: PJ http://politicalintegritynow.com/2009/09/factcheck-org-4-out-of-5-claims-of-obamas-congressional-speech-were-false/comment-page-1/#comment-95 PJ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:24:47 +0000 http://politicalintegritynow.com/?p=1123#comment-95 Chet: Why does the text of your article show that in all 5 cases the President's comments were either "true" or "true but could be questioned if looked at in a certain way" but your headline reads 4 out of 5 are false? Chet:

Why does the text of your article show that in all 5 cases the President’s comments were either “true” or “true but could be questioned if looked at in a certain way” but your headline reads 4 out of 5 are false?

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