Thursday, September 6, 2012

Calderone: "AP Defends Decision To Fact-Check Bill Clinton Using Monica Lewinsky"

English: Monica Lewinsky, from her government ...
Monica Lewinsky

Michael Calderone:  "...The Associated Press defended its invoking of the Monica Lewinsky scandal in a Thursday fact-check of former President Bill Clinton's speech, amid criticism of its relevance to a point Clinton was making about welfare...During his Wednesday night speech, Clinton criticized a Romney campaign ad for falsely suggesting that the Obama administration has ended work requirements for people on welfare and noted that a Romney pollster recently said their campaign would not be "dictated by fact-checkers...'Now that is true,' Clinton said. 'I couldn't have said it better myself -- I just hope you remember that every time you see the ad.'...The AP responded with what the news organization considers 'the facts.'..."
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