The article is saying that fact checks don't help, when the candidates rule lawyer their way into turning a false statement into a fact.
By any objective measure Kamala Harris's comment about no US troops being in a war zone is false. Fact checkers say its true, because a bunch of Adderall addled lanyards have redefined the key words in this statement to make it technically true.
By any objective measure, a fact checker should be taking Kamala to task for repeating propaganda about October 7th. But no one will.
I don't think this article objects to candidates being factual, as much as it points out that what our media does is not actually checking facts.
The article is saying that fact checks don't help, when the candidates rule lawyer their way into turning a false statement into a fact.
By any objective measure Kamala Harris's comment about no US troops being in a war zone is false. Fact checkers say its true, because a bunch of Adderall addled lanyards have redefined the key words in this statement to make it technically true.
By any objective measure, a fact checker should be taking Kamala to task for repeating propaganda about October 7th. But no one will.
I don't think this article objects to candidates being factual, as much as it points out that what our media does is not actually checking facts.