Media Matters for America is releasing a sort of Wikipedia for conservative misinformation.
The site, Mythopedia, which was shared with TPM ahead of its release, is meant to be an online compendium of truths and lies peddled by conservatives. The website's unveiling comes a day before the Conservative Political Action Conference.
"The week of CPAC seemed like the most appropriate time to launch a fact-checking tool, like Mythopedia, as I’m sure we’re going to be confronted with both old and new right-wing lies during the conference," Media Matters president Bradley Beychok said in a statement.
Here's how the site works. The front page is bar where users type in a claim. Searching that claim then pulls up "lies" or "truths" with research backing up whether it's a truth or a lie. For instance a search of the Obama administration on Benghazi directs to a page with the the lie "The Obama administration covered up the Benghazi attack by pointing to an anti-Islam video" and the truth "A bipartisan Senate report connects the Benghazi attack to an anti-Islam video" as well as evidence backing up the truth.
The site is starting with 400 entries and will be updated regularly. The updated fact checks will be done in real time by Media Matters staff. Media Matters will start soliciting tips and feedback from audiences and could possibly start moving highly involved users of the site into a more involved role.
As a political blogger who sometimes does not have a great deal of time for research, this is going to be a invaluable.
Speaking of CPAC, Sarah Palin is scheduled to speak Saturday at 5:45 PM (LAST SPEAKER) after the straw poll when everyone has left for the Airport. Sarah Palin is definitely not on the VIP List. I wonder if Todd Palin is 'arranging' the female entertainment behind the scenes.
ReplyDeleteImpeach Obama, the Kenyan Muslim Marxist
ReplyDeleteRepeal Obamacare
Send Hussein and Moochelle back home to Kenya
Take back our country
Stand your ground
Stand your own ground. There is nothing wring with America that shooing away the flimflam won't fix. Michelle is a Chicagoan. President Obama was born in Hawaii. Get a life would you? And please give us back our country..the one where everyone is accepted and has a chance at an education. Where birth control is not evil. Where women are respected, not demonized. Go away.
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Delete.
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Deletewhy are you such an insecure little bitch ?
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ReplyDeleteWhen Palin is an American, she wears the American Flag
ReplyDeletenecklace. When she is Jewish, she wears her big Jewish
star around her neck. Now that she is Russian due to the fact
that she is so enamored about Putin, bragging about how
macho , smart and forward thinking he is compared to President
Obama, will Putin send her a big ole Russian emblem to
hang around her neck. What does a secssionest's necklace look like . She must have one!
I forgot. Besides all of her, who I am at the moment necklaces,the big star she wears on her couple of sizes too small
ReplyDeletetee shirts with the S emblazoned on top of the star, the S does
stand for Secessionist so she does not need a Secessionist
necklace! The big S takes care of it.
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speaking of facts:
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-Links to her medical malpractice insurance that did not cover high risk obstetrics?
-links to credentials of MatSu regional??
What a great idea!!