tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27516474.post114985093203059067..comments2024-01-23T13:59:18.502+00:00Comments on Factchecking Pollyanna: Talking of re-offending...FactcheckingPollyannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539350837343626125noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27516474.post-1149859746547848022006-06-09T14:29:00.000+01:002006-06-09T14:29:00.000+01:00Cassilis --Thank you for the thoughtful comment.I ...Cassilis --<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the thoughtful comment.<BR/><BR/>I do not aspire to challenge the basis of her arguments quite deliberately -- my "agenda" here is not to prove her wrong but to improve the quality of the facts that she uses in her columns. I find it just as irritating if an incorrect fact is used in service of an argument I agree with than an argument I disagree with.<BR/><BR/FactcheckingPollyannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539350837343626125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27516474.post-1149857793274603962006-06-09T13:56:00.000+01:002006-06-09T13:56:00.000+01:00"In response to today's article it's amost entirel...<I>"In response to today's article it's amost entirely nit-picking and doesn't challenge any of the underlying assumptions she draws."</I><BR/><BR/>Of course its all nit-picking, that's what we do. <BR/><BR/>Mature and balanced is all well and good and has its place with Iain Dale and James Cleverley who do it do well.<BR/><BR/>Shameless and one sided also has its place (The Vented Spleen, Ranting Guttersnipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689997686909541842noreply@blogger.com