The news is fake.
But not as fake as the fact-checkers.
Who are not as fake as the underlying data.
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The Failure of Fact-Checking in an Election Year Is Especially Painful | Becket Adams, National Review
The rubric is ‘Heads Democrats win, tails Republicans lose,’ and we see it over and over.
https://x.com/OwenGregorian/status/1825141581369704673
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