Fact Checkers Should Check The Actual Facts

An interesting new phenomenon has begun in this current election: FACT CHECKING.  Typical of the tools the mainstream media provides us with, fact checking appears to be most helpful, but really it is just another layer of a reeking onion ruse that prevents us from critically thinking for ourselves.

This fact became abundantly clear to me as I read the next day coverage of Paul Ryan's convention speech in our local paper.  As I read the speech excerpts, I noted the oh-so handy "fact check" box along side the article.  "How helpful," was my first response, but as I perused the contents I found myself repeatedly saying, "He didn't say that...he didn't say that..."

It was readily apparent that the so-called fact checkers not only checked the facts, but in an effort to streamline the process, they also invented the facts.  Not one single item that they attributed to Paul Ryan was actually said.  Bottom line is that while it might be nice for others to think for us, a "government by the people" requires us to think and learn for ourselves.   Look to the primary source for you informaion otherwise you will soon find yourself to be a liberal democrat.