Friday, November 9, 2007

Hillary Clinton introduces Fact Checking Site 'The Fact Hub'

Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has upped her involvement in the “Blogosphere” with a new website called The Fact Hub that provides a quick response to charges and news reports that her campaign deems inaccurate. The site implies that its contents are, in fact, the Facts of the story, period, using the slogan, “The Straight Scoop on Election ’08 from The Hillary Clinton Campaign.” The Fact Hub swooped into action yesterday, rebutting an NPR report that Clinton stiffed a waitress at an Iowa Maid-Rite diner. The site quotes the report as saying, “Clinton may have decided not to tip. She was also never given a bill — her meal was on the house,” then goes on to say both claims are false, blogging: “The manager of the of the restaurant tells First Read the Clinton campaign did, in fact, tip. ‘They paid their bill, and they left a tip,’ said Brad Crawford, manager of the Maid Rite restaurant in Toledo, Iowa. ‘Everybody was satisfied. No question about it.’” The Fact Hub says the bill was “about” $157, and the campaign left a $100 tip. Meanwhile, the waitress, Anita Esterday, refutes the claim that she lied. “Why would I lie about not getting a tip?” she told NPR.
http://dmwmedia.com/news/2007/11/09/hillary-clinton-introduces-fact-checking-site-the-fact-hub

http://facts.hillaryhub.com/

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Guess what? Hillary Clinton is the only candidate that has these 4 attributes (there are more but I forget): integrity, honor, patriotism, and compassion. I double dog dare you to find another candidate with these attributes. I got $35 in the bank that says you won't be able to find one.