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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Quick Question on this Site
	Date:	8/17/2009 1:37:52 PM

Is it fair to look at the owner of this site when you want to judge whether it is truly bipartisan?

This website is owned by the St. Petersburg Times which you conveniently omitted. I don't know this paper very well but I looked at the editorial page to get a sense of their leanings and also their presidential endorsements.

On the first note they strike me as left leaning in the composition of their editorial board and their choice of editorials. Some recent editorials seem to support Obamacare. Look at their website and decide for yourself but I think any reasonable person would conclude it is left leaning. Some examples: Why Scientists Are Seldom Republicans", Dishonest Drug Makers Put Patients in Jeopardy", "Facing Death with Facts, Not Fear", "Medicare Advantage Works" and so on.

They have also not endorsed a Republican for President since Bush in 2000. According to Obama's own website they endorsed him in the last election. So can we really expect them to put aside their own endorsement and be truly honest in their fact checking? I doubt many on the left would give Fox News or the Wall Street Journal the same benefit of the doubt.

Like any website that claims to be a "fact checker", you need to do your own research on something that is important. Like snopes be very wary and come to your own conclusions. I am sure this will be dismissed because I am a right wing nut job despite the fact that any reasonable person would agree with my evaluation of the the Times.