December 22, 2007

Does Robert Novak Employ Fox News Fact Checkers?

Yes, Novakula still writes a weekend column, a short little thing with (would be) pithy attacks on Democrats, and against Republicans who don't tow his line. And I emphasize short and little, because since it is so short you'd think he could do a tiny bit of fact checking, no? Well, no, apparently not - at least not when it might prevent an attack on Democrats.

One of the largest among 12,000 new earmarks in the omnibus bill is $1,645,000 to purchase bulletproof vests for the city of Bastrop, La., though vests for the entire police department are estimated to cost only $700 to $800. The earmark was requested by Sen. Mary Landrieu and Rep. Rodney Alexander, both Louisiana Democrats.

Sure Novak is known to be facts-impaired, but changing Alexander from a Republican to a Democrat is a rather bold bit of misinformation, even for him.

Posted by armand at December 22, 2007 09:58 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Media


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