"Simply Wrong": Another Fact Checker Blows Up A Favorite Conservative Lie About The Clinton Foundat

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http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/06/19/simply-wrong-another-fact-checker-blows-up-a-fa/204072


"Simply Wrong": Another Fact Checker Blows Up A Favorite Conservative Lie About The Clinton Foundation
June 19, 2015 2:25 PM EDT ››› HANNAH GROCH-BEGLEY

Clinton Foundation

FactCheck.org called a common conservative myth -- that the Clinton Foundation spends only a small fraction of its money on charitable works -- "simply wrong." The flimsy statistic has made the rounds on conservative media, and was most recently repeated by Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina.

The fact-checking organization noted on June 19 that Fiorina had claimed that "'so little' of the charitable donations to the Clinton Foundation 'actually go to charitable works.'" When pressed for more details, her campaign claimed that only 6 percent of the foundation's revenue goes to charitable grants, and for the rest, "there really isn't anything that can be categorized as charitable."

But as FactCheck.org explained, "That just isn't so. The Clinton Foundation does most of its charitable work itself." In fact, an independent philanthropy watchdog found that about 89 percent of Clinton Foundation funding goes to charity, through their in-house work. FactCheck.org concluded the false claim "amounts to a misunderstanding of how public charities work."

This myth surfaced earlier this year thanks to the error-filled anti-Clinton book Clinton Cash, written by discredited Republican activist Peter Schweizer. While promoting his book in May, Schweizer repeatedly claimed the Clinton Foundation gives just "10 percent" of its budget "to other charitable organizations, the rest they keep for themselves.".........

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1. K & R

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2. Once someone states a fact

either true or false,that sound bite becomes fact in today's 24/7 news cycle. You rarely here or see a correction by the media. Unless there is a shitstorm of protest from the fact checkers. And then it is put in a condescending statement.

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3. oh, I fear you are

right. But I do think some truth does leak out

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5. Learned through the years to question any and all

statements coming form any Political Candidate or their mouth pieces until I know the what were and why of that Candidate.

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4. That lie was repeated right here on DU many times.

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6. #1

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7. So how'd Schweizer's book do, anyway?

I often wonder who buys shit like that. This one ran into a wall of blowback almost the moment it came out.