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How exquisitely sensitive can PolitiFact be? On Thursday, “fact checker” Samantha Putterman slammed the Republican National Committee as “False” for leaving out ONE word of a Biden quote about the children belonging to teachers as “missing context.” The subhead of the piece was ” RNC tweets distortion of what Biden said to teachers about kids in their classrooms. ”
It was a White House event for “Teachers of the Year.” Biden to teachers: “They’re not somebody else’s children. They’re yours when you’re in the classroom.” pic.twitter.com/iiBdxNkqOC — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 27, 2022 Putterman’s brief summary was this: — The claim makes it sound like Biden was saying that kids belong to teachers and that teachers can ignore parents’ wishes. But that misrepresents Biden’s comments by omitting words and context. –The full quote includes him telling teachers students are “like” their children. His surrounding comments show that Biden was talking about the successful education of American children. Then came the tweet transcript of Biden: “You’ve heard me say it many times about our children, but it’s true: They’re all our children. And the reason you’re the Teachers of the Year is because you recognize that. They’re not somebody else’s children; they’re like yours when they’re in the classroom. You represent a profession that helps them gain the confidence — a confidence they believe they can do anything.” [Emphasis by PolitiFact.] This is a distinction without a difference. There was no “like” when Biden says ” They’re all our children. ” That’s the Hillary Clinton “It Takes a Village” echo. But the PolitiFlacks don’t like Republican context, which they imagine is about “ignoring parents’ wishes.” The missing word makes it a Lie!
They’re also ridiculous when they evaluate what Biden said. After we pointed out they bizarrely tried to claim Biden didn’t […]
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