Zero’s Politi"Fact" Ignores Facts, Gets it Wrong AGAIN.

January 24, 2011

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Now that they’ve erroneously called me a liar–again (and gotten their friends to do the same) where do I get another retraction from the Zero’s Politifact? If the facts don’t matter then what does?
Here are the claims:


Muslim students at Portland’s Rigler Elementary School are given their
*own school provided prayer room, TRUE
*prayer rugs TRUE
*helpfully stored in the prayer room by the school TRUE,
        *and let out of class five times a day to pray to Allah *TRUE (STUDENTS ACCORDING TO PPS SPOKESMAN MATT SHELBY CHOSE NOT TO PRAY FIVE TIMES A DAY–ONLY ONE TIME A DAY–MANY MUSLIMS CHOOSE TO PRAY FIVE TIMES A DAY–THAT’S WHAT THE KORAN SUGGESTS) 
         *Did I mention this is during school hours? TRUE
         *School officials TRUE
         AND the PPS spokesman confirmed before I went on the air with this earlier this month*
        The PPS spokesman did not confirm this before as I believed. He confirmed it afterwards.
It looks as if the Oregonian cared only about one fact. That Matt Shelby was the source. I thought Matt Shelby was the source. I understood he was. I was wrong. However, we had two others with connections to the school (one an employee) who confirmed this. Matt Shelby confirmed it after it hit the blog.
If Matt Shelby is the source after the blog post. And if he confirms the claims of the post: that the school provides a place AND stored the items for the Muslim students AND allowed prayer IN THE SCHOOL DURING SCHOOL HOURS–then isn’t that a confirmation of the story?
Not to the Oregonian.
Matt sent me an email AND confirmed the story. 
Is the truth a defense at the Oregonian? No. 
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