I get very annoyed when someone tells me to check the truth of something by running it past FactCheck.org. I don't agree with most of the "answers" that they provide, and I really don't care for the political spin that they give their answers. I went looking to see who pays the bills over there, much like I was curious about who was paying for the astroturf movement over on WallStreet. You know, "the purely organic, spontaneous group"* who want a minimum wage of twenty dollars, forgiveness of all credit debt and free college educations for any one who wants one.
So I did a little online research (thanks algore) and found that the organization known as FactCheck.org gets the majority of their money from a foundation called the Annenberg Project. This Project is formally known as Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University Of Pennsylvania.
Guess who ran the Chicago branch of the Annenburg Project? I big cigar to the first person who emails me the name Barrak Hussein Obama. Does anyone else see the connection?
Think about this the next time you check some random fact with FactCheck.org. They have an agenda and you need to know what it is. You can thank me later.
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