Thread edition.
Facts are facts, America. We should care about getting things right. Yet standards of who gets fact-checked, how often + why are unclear.
This is where false equivalency+bias creeps in, allowing climate deniers to be put on par w/scientists, for example.https://t.co/87c6kVzIuI
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 7, 2019
For example, it looks like @PolitiFact has fact-checked Sarah Huckabee Sanders and myself the *same* amount of times: 6.
She’s been serving for almost 2 years. I’ve served 4 days.
Why is she fact-checked so little? Is she adhering to some standard we don’t know about?
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 7, 2019
Or why did @washingtonpost give my confusing tweet on military accounting offsets the same “Pinocchios” as Trump’s flat denial of how many Americans died in Puerto Rico?
These are legitimate questions not intended to attack. Who makes these decisions? How? Is there a rubric?
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 7, 2019
Another question for @politifact: some officials’ statements (ex. Andrew Cuomo) get rated “true” frequently.
I say true things all the time – I’d hope most do. When does Politifact choose to rate true statements?
Is there a guide? I’d be happy to repost if there is.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 7, 2019
She’s upset that Politifact doesn’t have a standard and that she is being fact-checked. Her scorecard doesn’t go in her favor.
It would seem she doesn’t like to be challenged on her feelings er.. facts.
Sonoran Conservative 
AOC is the gift that keeps on giving to conservatives. Real conservatives, that is. Shame we even have to clarify that.
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In sports, we call this “working the refs” in hopes of favorable calls later.
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Typical Socialist Don’t look at the facts, look over here at all the “free” stuff i am going to give you. That and look at me look at me look at me. What a frigging joke of a person. She is about as deep as 1/1,000,000 of a micron is thick.
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She was recently claiming to be contacted by a furloughed Fed employee who was complaining of not being paid. Supposedly, none of the Fed payroll has been missed to date.
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