AP joins the non fact-checking game

[Enrique]

some schmuck called Matt Apuzzo* says Obama should give the GOP 100% of what they want, and the AP calls it fact checking.

FACT CHECK: Clinton claims of compromise a stretch

By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press – 5 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a fact of life in Washington that what one party considers a principled stand, the opposition considers pigheadedness. Compromise? That's the other guy's problem.

But when former President Bill Clinton took the stage at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, he portrayed President Barack Obama as a pragmatic compromiser who has been stymied at every turn by Republicans. There was no mention of the role that the president and the Democrats have played in grinding compromise to a halt on some of the most important issues facing the country.

That was among the lines by the former president and others Wednesday that either cherry-picked facts or mischaracterized the opposition. A look at some of them:

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CLINTON: "When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. ... Unfortunately, the faction that now dominates the Republican Party doesn't see it that way. They think government is the enemy and compromise is weakness. One of the main reasons America should re-elect President Obama is that he is still committed to cooperation."

THE FACTS: From Clinton's speech, voters would have no idea that the inflexibility of both parties is to blame for much of the gridlock. Right from the beginning Obama brought in as his

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*on edit: Matt Apuzza is apparently a good reporter. He broke the NYPD/CIA Muslim spying story.
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/4/17/ap_wins_pulitzer_for_exposing_growth

[still_one]

1. Too bad AP, the real fact checks say you are misrepresenting the facts. Bloomberg just report that

Clinton's speech was fact checked as accurate

AP is full of it

[deutsey]

2. Facts are stupid things

especially when you just make shit up like this tool does here.

I recall being pissed off at Obama early on (and I wasn't alone) because he was bipartisan to a fault, repeatedly extending a hand across the aisle only to have it slapped away.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. What reality is AP living in?

Which party has been the "inflexible" one during the past 4 years? Not the Democrats! Can the AP produce a single example of a bill that Republicans passed/supported that Democrats refuse to support or at least negotiate on that should have gotten bipartisan support (and no, 30+ votes by House Republicans to repeal ACA do NOT count IMHO)?!

[Angry Dragon]

4. weeping boner quote: 'We got 98% of what we wanted'