The paid professional oh-so-serious, oh-so-neutral fact checkers have deluged the world with what they have decided is true, or false, in regard to what former President Donald Trump and current President-ish Joe Biden has had to say of late.
True – they did some things right. Biden’s “The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of” claim is beyond preposterous and was rated as false by PolitiFact. From Ford’s Theater to the Ambassador Hotel, political violence has and will continue to occur.
On the other side of the coin, FactCheck.org created a list of “misinformation and conspiracy” theories regarding the attempted assassination of Trump, none of which involved the very common bit of progressive “misinformation” that Trump staged the event to garner sympathy.
But in general, directly fact checking Trump and Biden at this point is not really important.
With Trump, everything is the greatest or the worst ever. No matter the topic, that tends to be his take. But one must always remember that he was/is a real estate developer, an entire group of people who are – and have to be – fabulists by nature.
Therefore, deciding if Trump is intentionally lying about something is a tad difficult. He is, like his entire persona, an exaggeration machine and if the public – supporters or opponents – do not know that by now they are missing the point entirely.
Truly fact checking Biden is impossible for another reason – even he has no idea what he is saying.
At this point, fact checking Biden is like fact checking an infant – it’s both mean and impossible:
“Goo? What are you talking about? And flerm is not a word anyway, so what’s the point?”
Beyond the semantic details, there is the problem of his utter disconnection from the world around him. One does not “fact check” the crazy guy on the street claiming to be King Arthur.
At this point in the campaign, everything is for show – if you are a Republican – and everything is for hiding – if you are a Democrat.
Right now, true facts are waiting on the sidelines, waiting to be called in for the big game. We’ll see if they get the chance.