Subject: Politifact
From: Denise Cardinal <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:00:51 -0600 (CST)

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We actually got Politifact to change its "truth" rating on
a floor speech of a Georgia Legislator who said more people were
killed by hammers than guns every year.

It's just another example of how we're making sure our
state affiliates are sharing the most accurate information possible.
It's what we do every day - make progress happen, and
happen NOW.

As always, let me know what you think, or even better, contribute to
us here.

Best,
Denise Cardinal
Executive Director
ProgressNow
ProgressNow Education

Better Georgia Catches Politifact With "Pants on Fire"

Bill Jackson Pants on Fire

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=sgh0Fs-sPDfZ9SfjnWaigA

On Monday, February 11th, Senator Bill Jackson presented on the Senate
Floor on the issue of America's growing gun violence problem. He
stated that hammers are used in more murders than "shotguns, pistols
and AK-47s." Despite the clear lie in this statement, the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution rated this Polifact decision as true.

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=aiZzDeTdOh1943tRZ_vVZg

Better Georgia supporters immediately responded and pointed out how
very wrong Polifact was. Dr. Alan Abramowitz went one-step further and
sent Better Georgia's video of Senator Jackson's crazy
speech to the AJC and asked them to think again about their decision.
A round of emails from Better Georgia put pressure on the AJC and
proved successful. Friday, February 22nd, the AJC printed a
correction: Sen. Bill Jackson's statement earned a "pants on
fire" rating. The work of the people was recognized as keen
observation efforts, and this is the first case in Atlanta where
Polifact has ever changed their opinion.

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=OOzdq3FXy9FwIu0OkgACsg

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=BaLwtuouQ2zcWZ5twklQww

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