By TIM GRAHAM
Liberal journalists love to align themselves with “facts” and “truth” and have singled out their liberal “fact-checker” websites as heroes, as if they were somehow the Environmental Protection Agency of political rhetoric.
In reality, liberals take conservative accusations extremely literally, while the vilest liberal accusations get a free pass. For example, last October, PolitiFact rated then-President Donald Trump “false” for saying Joe Biden is a socialist. Oh, no, they said, writing: “Biden has not advocated nationalizing industries, a key principle of socialism. His platform on health care, energy and other issues aligns with moderate Democrats, not socialists.”
A ‘cultural’ experience makes Detroit a Michigan’s Best Vacation Spot
Posted May 07, 12:00 PM
The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy announced Friday that the Detroit Riverwalk has been named Best Riverwalk in the 2021 USA TODAY 10Best Readers Choice Awards contest.Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
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Does your Michigan vacation need to be all outdoors?
It can be a little of both, say industry reps. Even metropolitan areas such as Detroit and Grand Rapids offer an alternative to going “Up North” or visiting the Lake Michigan shoreline.
As part of our search for Michigan’s Best Vacation Spot, MLive readers selected Grand Rapids with 34.91 percent of the vote in the “other favorite destinations” poll. Detroit was second with 15.38 percent of the vote.
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Liberal journalists love to align themselves with “facts” and “truth” and have singled out their liberal “fact-checker” websites as heroes, as if they were somehow the Environmental Protection Agency of political rhetoric.
In reality, liberals take conservative accusations extremely literally, while the vilest liberal accusations get a free pass. For example, last October, PolitiFact rated then-President Donald Trump “false” for saying Joe Biden is a socialist. Oh, no, they said, writing: “Biden has not advocated nationalizing industries, a key principle of socialism. His platform on health care, energy and other issues aligns with moderate Democrats, not socialists.”
Does that look true right now?
Cheeseburgers for the win at this Michigan’s Best Vacation Spot
Posted May 06, 2021
Hundreds of people line Main Street to watch during the Parade of Tropical Fools at the Cheeseburger Festival in Caseville on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019.Kaytie Boomer | MLive.com
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CASEVILLE, MI - It celebrates cheeseburgers, loves ribs and is home to some of most beautiful beaches in Michigan.
It’s Caseville, and it’s the winner of Michigan’s Best Vacation Spot in Bay City & Thumb area of Michigan by MLive readers.
Known for the annual Cheeseburger in Caseville Festival each August, the tiny town of about 700 people received 22.54 percent of the vote, beating nearby Port Austin by only four votes. Bay City finished in third, but only nine votes off the top spot.
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In the internet age, articles can be revised after publication almost without a trace. “Stealth editing,” the practice of revising a published piece without disclosing that is has been edited, poses an interesting challenge to fact-checking outlets and the integrity of their investigations. Last month, fact-checkers relied on an op-ed in USA Today written by Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams to evaluate critics’ claims about Abrams’ position on recent Georgia boycotts. However, they didn’t know the piece had been stealth-edited after a key development in the story.
On March 31, USA Today published Abrams’ op-ed assessing the merits of business boycotts after Gov. Brian Kemp signed what she described as a “racist, classist [election] bill” into law. While Abrams cautioned that she did not think a boycott was necessary “yet,” she added that until “we hear clear, unequivocal statements that show Georgia-based companies get what’s at stake, I