"Accuracy in Politics" - anyone got any info?

[Sabrina]

Sorry if I started this in the wrong section, but I wasn't sure where to put it exactly. Mods, if I'm wrong please feel free to move it to the appropriate forum.

Does anyone have any information on the people behind the blog "Accuracy in Politics"? From what I can tell they haven't posted anything since 2013 on the blog, but a skim of their posts leads me to believe these people are falling on the right-wing side of the nuthouse. The reason I ask is because of one of their older posts that my sister posted on my Facebook wall that called into question the investigative abilities of the people behind the Snopes.com website; I'd like to be able to refute her with some facts on my side beyond the quick skim I've given of the website that leads me to believe the people behind it are little more than conspiracy theorists who think Obama supports the Muslim Brotherhood (or did in 2013 at least) and thinks that organization is trying to take over America, as well as a lot of other crazy stuff. I tried looking up the people behind the blog, but I'm not having much success. Any ideas where I can get some facts to back up Snopes guys?

 

[Myron Proudfoot]

I think they may be affiliated with "Accuracy in Media" which is an outfit founded by an old John Bircher conspiracy theorist.

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Accuracy_in_Media



Note that the couple who run Snopes include a political independent (and former Republican) and a Canadian citizen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snopes.com

This may help too. It shows that the AIP link your sister is using is, basically, lies.

http://www.networkworld.com/article...he-fact-checkers--snopes-com-gets-an--a-.html

http://www.factcheck.org/2009/04/snopescom/

 

[Sabrina]

Thanks Myron; I figured that was the case but I didn't want to just go "nuh-uh!" and stick my tongue out at her like I did when we were kids. *LOL*

 

[Myron Proudfoot]

Thanks Myron; I figured that was the case but I didn't want to just go "nuh-uh!" and stick my tongue out at her like I did when we were kids. *LOL*

and don't forget the "NO BACKSIES!" afterwards.

 

[dudalb]

Not to mention that there is a 90% chance that any group with the words Accuracy and/or Truth in their name contains a minimal amount of either.

 

[Sabrina]

She never responded to my refutation; dunno if she read it. On the plus side, my former sister-in-law responded even before I did and was rather skeptical of the source, citing the post they made regarding the Muslim Brotherhood taking over America as possible bias on the author's part. So at least someone in the family believes in Snopes. *L*

 

[CORed]

Not to mention that there is a 90% chance that any group with the words Accuracy and/or Truth in their name contains a minimal amount of either.

I think your estimate may be too low.