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2016 Postmortem

LanternWaste

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20. I'd say you place faith in that which validates your biases, and reject that which doesn't

Reply to JCanete (Reply #15)

Thu Jan 19, 2017, 05:00 PM

Jan 2017

"wouldn't you say?"

I'd say you place faith in that which validates your biases, and reject that which doesn't-- illustrated by your dramatic lack of any objective evidence supporting your initial premise.

Which is fine... it's human nature.

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Remember: 53 % of Sanders statements was either half true 23 % , mostly false 18 % or false 12 %. [View all] factfinder_77 Jan 2017 OP

And we still have people here hanging on to RT's every word, SMH... bettyellen Jan 2017 #1

Crazy isn't it? TeacherB87 Jan 2017 #2

Pretty darn good. Thanks for refreshing my memory. TheCowsCameHome Jan 2017 #3

I was at Yankee Stadium when Mickey Mantle pangaia Jan 2017 #4

who rtracey Jan 2017 #5

russian owned news here in the usa, many of our so called liberal reporters have joined them recentl pbmus Jan 2017 #8

ahhh rtracey Jan 2017 #19

Yep Gothmog Jan 2017 #6

What no pants on fire? Rex Jan 2017 #7

Fyi NWCorona Jan 2017 #9

The Weekly Standard railing about the liberal media. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #10

Hey, what's up? NWCorona Jan 2017 #11

No three day weekend. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #12

That there is some truth! I've taken a few myself. NWCorona Jan 2017 #13

We lived it Cha Jan 2017 #14

from past experience, I have little faith in truth meters and their methodologies. JCanete Jan 2017 #15

I'd say you place faith in that which validates your biases, and reject that which doesn't LanternWaste Jan 2017 #20

The same nature that governs the decisions and interpretations of these fact checkers. JCanete Jan 2017 #21

No, it's 49%, which is nearly identical to Clinton. What's your point? JustinL Jan 2017 #16

LOL - angry tears make great lemonade. aikoaiko Jan 2017 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author JTFrog Jan 2017 #18