Yesterday, we discussed NBC’s bizarre comparison of Hunter Biden’s multimillion dollar alleged influence peddling to Nikki Haley’s daughter’s use of TikTok. The comparison was made to hit Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. That target is notable due to another equally bizarre “fact check” by the network where the company suggested that DeSantis half lied when he claimed to have arranged the removal of hundreds of American citizens from Israel. The network said it was only “half true” because someone else flew the planes, DeSantis only supplied the money. I kid you not.
Here is the what NBC calls a fact check of a Republican:
The network dispels any notion that DeSantis personally flew the planes to Israel and said that “DeSantis’ primary role was to fund the flights.”
Well, yeah. As NBC News’ Peter W. Klein explained,
On Oct. 12, DeSantis signed an executive order that allowed the Florida Division of Emergency Management to pay for Americans in Israel to fly back to the U.S. The flights, however, were organized by Tampa-based nonprofit Project Dynamo, which specializes in rescuing Americans in distress, and DeSantis’ primary role was to fund the flights.
So how is it “half true” to say “I scrambled resources in Florida. I sent planes over to Israel and I brought back over 700 people to safety”? He even made direct references to supplying “the resources” for the flights.
The correction also implicates millions of parents who regularly say that they “flew the kids home” for the holidays. NBC is suggesting that you should say “I supplied money to allow my kids to purchase tickets to have United Airlines fly them home.” However, it was not the company as a whole that literally flew them back so you might want to say “to have employees of United Airlines fly them home.”
NBC could also now presumably tackle more aspirational flight claims like the many bumper stickers claiming that “Jesus is my co-pilot.” Not only are the cars not capable of prolonged flight, but Jesus is not even licensed in any state to operate a motor vehicle.
For NBC, declaring this a half truth is still preferable to saying that it is true, particularly when the statement was preceded by a criticism of President Joe Biden in asserting that “[President] Biden’s neglect has been atrocious, we had Floridians that were over there after the attack. He left them stranded; they couldn’t get flights out.”
NBC’s fact check brings new meaning to Benjamin Franklin’s warning that “Half a truth is often a great lie.”
Here are 2 statements that are true but misleading:
1- How to write
edwardmahl says:November 12, 2023 at 8:30 PM
DeSantis wrote that he “sent” plans to Israel No one would interpret this statement to mean that he flew the plans or hired the flight crews or scheduled the take-offs. As governor, he took the executive action of paying for the flights carried out by other people.
THEN LET’S CLARIFY
I- Gov. Ron DeSantis during the third Republican primary debate on Wednesday
“[President] Biden’s neglect has been atrocious, we had Floridians that were over there after the attack. He left them stranded; they couldn’t get flights out. So, I scrambled resources in Florida. I sent plans over to Israel and I brought back over 700 people to safety,” DeSantis said.
He said it: Yes
Airplane shipping: Yes and No
Yes Why: scrambled resources in Florida IMMEDIATELY
No Because: He is not commander in chief to send to the Air Force and he also did not contract an airline plane.
Grammatically HE DID SEND PLANES because one of the definitions of “scrambling for resources” is
1-“order (a fighter aircraft or its pilot) to take off immediately in an emergency or for action.”
2-“scramble for resources”. You could use this phrase in any situation where people or entities are competing or fighting for resources, such as money, material goods, or power.
I think if I had used Funds or Funding NOT Resources
1- “Scramble for Funds” used in context as “The scramble for funds in the middle of the financial crisis” or “pushing aid agencies to scramble for funds to assist them.”
either
2- “Scramble for Funding” meaning a “chaotic scramble for funding” “As well as allowing private providers to compete for quota meaning a chaotic scramble for funding for the best offering”
2- And as the contradictor says
Anonymous says:November 12, 2023 at 7:11 PM
From February 2022:
Project Dynamo is a nonprofit Was Already Established At Evacuation Flights. A Tampa-based nonprofit specializing in extricating Americans from hostile regions around the world
Biden encouraged Americans in Ukraine to leave in the days and weeks leading up to the invasion.
LET’S CLARIFY:
1- Project Dynamo exists precisely because the American Government invites our citizens to leave BY THEIR OWN MEANS, Project Dynamo is a nonprofit THAT MEANS IT NEEDS FUNDS, in fact, as clarified by another
2- “The Biden administration initially told Americans in Israel to take advantage of commercial flights on Oct. 9, but flights from Israel to the U.S. were scarce and prices were reportedly as high as $25,000.
3- DeSantis He secured government funding for flights which would have been funded by private donations. DeSantis NEVER said he organized Project Dynamo, BUT HE ORGANIZED THIS EXTRACTION OPERATION
DeSantis Sending Planes: YES
Government funding ordered: YES
Some Americans in Israel were stranded: YES
The Floridians and Some Americans were evacuated from Israel: YES
At some point it was mentioned which company or organization would carry out the evacuation. NO
Project Dynamo would have gone without Fl funding. WE DON’T KNOW
Who rescued the Americans stranded in Israel?:
Biden: NO
DeSantis: Yes
NoBodyCares how the peacock struts his stuff. The tds is self inflicted. They have a nightmare, awaken in the morning, and print it, like it really happened. Giving DeSantis credit, for something the inept biden regime, could not/would not do, seems to have triggered the moronic fact check. If DeSantis didn’t fly the plane, ergo he didn’t save anyone. nbc, following the cnn playbook, how to lose viewers, until the useful idiots get the axe.
Reminds me of when Trump was fact-checked for saying the Big Macs at a White House reception for some sports team were piled “a mile high.”
Professor Turley predictably neglects to acknowledge DeSantis lied when he asserted that “President] Biden’s neglect has been atrocious, we had Floridians that were over there after the attack. He left them stranded; they couldn’t get flights out.”
In reality, the Biden administration offered 6,900 seats to Americans in Israel seeking to depart by air, land or sea. On October 12, the US government began arranging charter flights for Americans seeking to leave Israel. About 1,500 U.S. citizens and their family members departed using federal government transport through Oct. 31.
Congratulations to the Professor for bringing a new meaning to Benjamin Franklin’s warning that “Half a truth is often a great lie.”
As I recall, those Americans were required to pay for their flights arranged by the Biden Travel Agency. Those seats were not “offered” with no strings attached.
The state dept said oct13 that it would charter flights out ot Isreal to Europe and asked to sign an agreement to repay the US gov prior to departure
what next….you can’t tell the difference between boys and girls…it is all in your head?
MSM = Pravda
Democrats are fascists who HATE AMERICA
guyventner:
Inexplicably, those same Democrats would absolutely hate living under a non Western government.
What would Queers for Palestine expect to happen if they lived in any Palestinian-controlled area?
What would the anti-Capitalists think it would be like living in a country where designing, selling, and profiting from literally anything, including an iPhone, would be illegal? Everyone would be issued clothing, and a run down, cramped, government apartment, and wait in bread lines. No more capitalist organic vegan restaurants, no more slow fashion, no more EVs. Socialist and Communist countries pollute the most (and, no, Scandinavia is not socialist.)
Did the Defund the Police crowd want to live in a Rule of the Club Anarchy?
The Biden administration offers feckless support to Israel, demands a “ceasefire,” gives “humanitarian” aid to *Hamas*, and feeds the head of the snake. Leftist politicians assert that Israel had it coming, and support protestors chanting the genocidal slogan: “From the river to the sea.”
Then Leftist lapdogs in the media issue a comical “fact check” of the politician (DeSantis) who, in word and action, gives unwavering support to Israel and to Jews living in Florida:
“Iran-backed Hamas terrorists from Gaza and the surrounding region infiltrated Israel’s borders and began indiscriminately murdering, kidnapping, and raping innocent men, women . . .”
“[T]he State of Florida responded immediately by surging law enforcement resources upon request to prevent violence at these demonstrations and to protect the Jewish population in their schools and places of worship;”
“I order the Adjutant General to activate the Florida National Guard, as needed, to deal with this emergency. I further order the Director of the State Guard to activate the Florida State Guard, as needed, to respond to the emergency.”
If you were Israel or Jewish, who would you rather have on your side?
“https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/EO-23-208-1.pdf”
OMG — NBC is ridiculous and actually brain insufficient! We are venturing into the land of the crazy I am afraid.
THE WAR OF IDEAS
“IF THEY DON’T STAND FOR SOMETHING, THEY WILL FALL FOR ANYTHING”
__________________________________________________________________________________
MENTAL HYGIENE
“The Over-All Mental-Health Needs of the Industrial Plant, with Special Reference to War Veterans”
“We are trying to show him not only what we are fighting against, but what we are fighting for. So many of these boys have only a very hazy idea of the real issues of the war. About all they see is ‘going back to the good old days.’ This is a dangerous state. If they don’t stand for something, they will fall for anything. They need to realize that we are fighting two wars—the war of arms and the war of ideas—that other war of which the war of arms is one phase.”
– Dr. Gordon Eadie, January, 1945
The left is indeed the threat to Democracy. Were it not for Joe Manchin, the 117th Congress would have
1. Abolished the filibuster, and then
2. Added 4 democrat senators by adding 2 states
3. Packed the Supreme Court with a supermajority of marxist liberals
4. Abolished the Electoral College
THAT would have resulted in single party rule and the end of a democratic republic.
The modern marxist democrats are the real danger because the ends always justifies the means.
NBC, where concrete thinking is a firm standard!
Ex Dem…oh, absolutely…….NBC: No Brain Cemented
NBC motto: We are concrete thinkers and proud of it!
Most of the media have become Pravda for the Democrat Party.
From February of 2022:
Project Dynamo Was Already Established At Evacuation Flights
A Tampa-based nonprofit specializing in extricating Americans from hostile regions around the world said it began rescue operations in Ukraine minutes after Russia invaded the country.
Project DYNAMO said it began planning for rescue missions in January after President Joe Biden indicated the U.S. wouldn’t be able to conduct rescue missions if the country were invaded. Biden encouraged Americans in Ukraine to leave in the days and weeks leading up to the invasion. Last week, the U.S. State Department evacuated diplomatic personnel from its embassy in Kyiv and planning rescue operations began in earnest.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/500935-tampa-based-nonprofit-project-dynamo-first-to-begin-rescuing-americans-from-ukraine/
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NBC’s fact check is valid. Project Dynamo was already a specialist at rescue missions. Its pilots consist of military veterans.
Although he authorized State of Florida funding for the flights from Israel, Ron DeSantis did not organize Project Dynamo. They were a pre-existing organization with good credentials for evacuations.
Perhaps NBC felt that Project Dynamo would be slighted if DeSantis was allowed to take sole credit. Had Project Dynamo not already existed, DeSantis may not have been able to create such a service on short notice.
One might argue that Professor Turley is the one making petty distinctions here.
So, the government only funds projects through taxes (e.g. roadways) and deficits (e.g. affordable care, immigration reform, secondary education, ethnic Springs in Ukraine etc).
DeSantis wrote that he “sent” planes to Israel No one would interpret this statement to mean that he flew the planes or hired the flight crews or scheduled the take-offs. As governor, he took the executive action of paying for the flights carried out by other people.
Poor anon,
No, it is not a good fact check and really a cheap shot.
Look at what DeSantis did.
He secured government funding for flights which would have been funded by donations.
What you are missing is that while the Biden administration is tossing cash and adding fuel to the fire… the government requires those that need to be flown out of a ‘hot spot’ have to pay back for the cost of the rescue flight. He could fix that … but doesn’t. (How does he get his 10%? )
That is the point of DeSantis actions. He’s using his state’s funding to help his constituents trapped in Israel.
-G
Professor…
What a major bummer for some of us to find out that it’s impossible for Jesus to be anyone’s co-pilot! Darn the luck, because I’ve had my eye on a little Cessna I thought he’d be crazy about.
I guess NBC would also challenge any Christian claiming that “Jesus lives in my heart”, because they’d say that one’s heart would not be big enough to use as living quarters, and also, Jesus wouldn’t be able to breathe in there.
A Progressive Dem candidate may have lied for an election. I know, old news. However Republicans may now control Virginia State Senate if the Prog Dem candidate is disqualified. Imagine that: a Dem lying!!!
MSM is not covering it which means it is true
Virginia Dems Could Lose Control Of State Senate Because Member May Have Lied About Residence
Virginia Democrats last week took control of the state House and retained control of the state Senate by one seat — but a winning senator may have lied about residing in the district, a situation that could lead to the chamber falling into Republican hands.
Democrats are slated to control the state Senate 21-19, but if Ghazala Hashmi is ineligible to hold office because she lied on her campaign paperwork, then a situation could arise where she is replaced by a Republican, and Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears would cast tie-breaking votes.
Virginia Senate candidates are required to live in the district they are running for, and Hashmi filed candidacy paperwork saying she lived in an apartment on Boulder Lake Drive in North Chesterfield in Senate District 15.
But four neighbors filed a complaint saying she actually lives outside the district on Bosham Lane in Midlothian, and they provided a spreadsheet saying they had driven by the house 62 times during the month of October to document her residency. The notes include her car being there late at night and early in the morning, and her leaving the house shortly after 8 a.m. It also includes photographic evidence.
Putting Hashmi in a particular bind, if she did live in the Chesterfield apartment, then she may have committed a felony by concealing her ownership of the Midlothian home on sworn election forms.
The Certificate of Candidacy Qualification, which she signed March 14, 2023, says, “I now reside at the address shown below in the district in which I seek office,” under which she listed the North Chesterfield apartment.
The form also asks, “Do you or a member of your immediately family, separately or together, hold an interest valued at more than $5,000 in real property? DO NOT INCLUDE your principal residence.” She checked “no,” and did not list the Midlothian home. Real estate records show that she and her husband have owned that — worth nearly $600,000 — since 1999.
The form says “knowingly making any untrue statement or entry in this document is a felony under Virginia law. The punishment is a maximum fine of $2,500 and/or confinement for up to ten years. Also, you lose your right to vote.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-dems-could-lose-control-of-state-senate-because-one-of-its-members-may-have-lied-about-her-residence
The brazen gaslighting and disrespect NBC shows for its audience is shocking. Even more so is that judging from some of the comments here, maybe they didn’t underestimate the intelligence and credulity of their audience.
The most absurd and comical institution of modern America: media fact-checkers. These people combine the mental acuity of Joe Biden, with the intellectual honesty of Hillary Clinton, with the mental stability of Maxine Waters, with the open mindedness of Lawrence Tribe, with the IQ of Check Todd and (fill in the blanks distinguishing other leftist luminaries). They can decide the truth? I wouldn’t trust them to interpret a box score of a baseball game. I wouldn’t trust them to change a car tire. They are the pampered, delusional children of an empty, isolated, abstract culture. As one historian (Robert Conquest) called them, they are the silliest educated class in the world.