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‘Fact checker’ Snopes gets key facts wrong on Ocasio-Cortez campaign finance scandal
Liberty Unyielding ^ | March 9, 2019 | Daily Caller News Foundation

Posted on 03/09/2019 8:52:51 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

The left-leaning fact-checking website Snopes butchered facts about a PAC controlled by Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her top aide in a story published Thursday.

Ocasio-Cortez and Saikat Chakrabarti, her former campaign chair and current chief of staff, obtained majority control of Justice Democrats in December 2017. The PAC, which had raised more than $1.8 million before her June 2018 primary, has been widely credited with manufacturing her upset victory over incumbent Democrat Joe Crowley.

Snopes writer Dan MacGuill falsely claimed in his story that Chakrabarti, who served as executive director of Justice Democrats, “was not an official agent or officer” of the PAC. He also failed to acknowledge the fact that Chakrabarti and Ocasio-Cortez are members of the PAC’s three-member board of directors, according to archived versions of the Justice Democrats website and corporate filings obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation.

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1 posted on 03/09/2019 8:52:51 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Snopes is one of the biggest Fake News sites on the web.


2 posted on 03/09/2019 8:57:19 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Snopes has just become another biased news source - except they never “break” stories.


3 posted on 03/09/2019 9:01:08 AM PST by cuban leaf
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Snopes is for Dopes.


4 posted on 03/09/2019 9:01:52 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
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To: WKUHilltopper

“Snopes is for Dopes.”
Now that right there is funny!
And true.


5 posted on 03/09/2019 9:02:26 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The phrase “fact checking “ is the preamble to the biggest and most outlandish lies. It began as an indicia of credibility that was quickly discredited.


6 posted on 03/09/2019 9:09:13 AM PST by Spok
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7 posted on 03/09/2019 9:12:20 AM PST by Baynative ("A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - John Barrymore)
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To: cuban leaf

“Just become”. Just? Huh? Snopes has been a full blast biased lefty outfit for YEARS!


8 posted on 03/09/2019 9:12:32 AM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Gets key facts wrong”? That makes it sound like Snopes just made an innocent error. But Snopes does not make innocent errors. They twist and turn every which way to give cover to liberals.

And that’s a shame. Because a good, neutral fact-checking site would be a nice thing to have.


9 posted on 03/09/2019 9:13:29 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It is only useful to prove Snopes and Bill Gates’ website wrong to a national stage; otherwise, the Left still believes them. To us, here, it is just an echo chamber. I don’t need someone telling me they know Snopes is wrong. Duh.


10 posted on 03/09/2019 9:16:27 AM PST by CincyRichieRich (But the noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds they stand. Isaiah 32:8)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Snopes is a liberal operation. They lie.


11 posted on 03/09/2019 9:21:38 AM PST by CodeToad ( Hating on Trump is hating on me and Americans!.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Snopes is garbage. It’s where the retarded go to “fact check”.


12 posted on 03/09/2019 9:23:09 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They lied to protect a democrat. What a surprise.


13 posted on 03/09/2019 9:26:44 AM PST by MortMan (Americans are a people increasingly separated by our connectivity.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
AOC truth? How gullible we Americans can be:........(pass on)

This is what the radical left wants you to believe: (Fake News)

14 posted on 03/09/2019 9:32:15 AM PST by yoe
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"‘Fact checker’ Snopes gets key facts wrong ...."

...and the rest is superfluous.

15 posted on 03/09/2019 9:32:28 AM PST by Paal Gulli
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; WKUHilltopper
Of course liars are going to carry a big sign saying "I always tell the truth."

That's all Snopes for Dopes is.

16 posted on 03/09/2019 9:35:02 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Leaning Right
And that’s a shame. Because a good, neutral fact-checking site would be a nice thing to have.

It would be good to have a nice, neutral international organization comprised of the nations of the world, working together to accomplish peace and progress for everyone.

It would

It would be nice to have a good, neutral educational institution that would focus on teaching young people the things they need to know in the future, so they could support themselves and make the world a better place.

Unfortunately, these are things we'll never have, because the forces of entropy and darkness will quickly take control of them, redefine their missions, and use them to promote more entropy and more darkness, things popularly called "liberalism."

That struggle will never end. It will continue until the last days.

17 posted on 03/09/2019 9:44:42 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

WOW! That site is click-bait city. Taboola has a permanent home there. No thanks.


18 posted on 03/09/2019 9:48:14 AM PST by upchuck (Home schooled kids are educated, not indoctrinated.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The President should use this egregious example of bias to tag them as “Lyin’ Snopes.” They’d have to get another gig.


19 posted on 03/09/2019 9:48:33 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
MABA
make alexandria barmaid again
20 posted on 03/09/2019 9:50:54 AM PST by Bon mots
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