grasping the after wind
That's grasping after the wind
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In this case I’m pretty sure the media who published it knew that they were taking he quote completely out of context. They had to listen to the interview to extract the quote.
In many cases that can be found. Cherry picking has become an epidemic in the media. But again that is not fact checking that is spin checking or propaganda checking. Those things can be done easily enough if one simply pays attention and is skeptical of the author no matter who the author is. In those cases the facts are not at issue but the facts may have been cherry picked or their meaning misrepresented. Checking actual facts is much more difficult. If someone says X did Y on such and such a day and none else says that happened then how does one check that ? I suggest we just refuse to believe it until it is verified by someone other than the original person. The same person being quoted in multiple sources is not a verification in any sense of the term.
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