# Is it appropriate for news organizations to "fact check" books? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 18, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-appropriate-for-news-organizations-to-fact-check-books/518029 "2009-11-18T15:23:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-appropriate-for-news-organizations-to-fact-check-books/518029/161 "2009-11-20T17:45:58Z")
[She finally has an answer](http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/palin_hannity_fox_newsmax/2009/11/18/288110.html), btw: > [@Caribou Barbie](#): > > I read Newsmax and the Frontiersman and Wall Street Journal and everything online. That’s right, Newsmax. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-appropriate-for-news-organizations-to-fact-check-books/518029/162 "2009-11-20T17:49:53Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > That’s right, Newsmax. Newsmax is SO 1998! ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-appropriate-for-news-organizations-to-fact-check-books/518029/163 "2009-11-20T18:10:52Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Whoops, forgot this point. Actually, her rambling answer touched upon things like, Alaska isn’t the moon, they get all sorts of newspapers in Alaska, and one shouldn’t think that just because someone is in Alaska they can’t get any news and therefore is a provincial hick, blah blah blah, and I read “all” the newspapers and magazines that are out there. She took a simple question and turned her answer into a defense against a non-existent charge of provincialism. She was ULTRA concerned about appearing provincial. > > In reality, it seems that she reads “all” the newspapers and magazines out there, from “People” on one side of the spectrum, all the way over to “Us Weekly” and “Runners World” on the other. What do you read? Would that question stump you? You would easily list everything from, newspapers, magazines and online sites and blogs. It is a simple and easy question. It is informational. It is not a gotcha. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-appropriate-for-news-organizations-to-fact-check-books/518029/164 "2009-11-20T18:24:25Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [She finally has an answer](http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/palin_hannity_fox_newsmax/2009/11/18/288110.html), btw: > > > [@Caribou Barbie](#): > > > > I read Newsmax and the Frontiersman and Wall Street Journal and everything online. > > That’s right, Newsmax. And the headline from your Newsmax link? > [@](#): > > Sarah Palin Tells Hannity: I Read Newsmax Very efficient; they have reduced the circle jerk to the minimum possible number of participants. I think there’s a name for that. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-appropriate-for-news-organizations-to-fact-check-books/518029/165 "2009-11-20T18:36:04Z")
Newsmax sounds about like her speed. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-appropriate-for-news-organizations-to-fact-check-books/518029/166 "2009-11-20T22:54:23Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [She finally has an answer](http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/palin_hannity_fox_newsmax/2009/11/18/288110.html), btw: > > That’s right, Newsmax. … and “everything online”. Hi Sarah! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-appropriate-for-news-organizations-to-fact-check-books/518029/167 "2009-11-20T23:07:12Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [She finally has an answer](http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/palin_hannity_fox_newsmax/2009/11/18/288110.html), btw: > > That’s right, Newsmax. Ok, I’ll bite. What’s their story? I didn’t see anything too looney tunes on their home page. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-appropriate-for-news-organizations-to-fact-check-books/518029/168 "2009-11-20T23:38:53Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > … and “everything online”. > > Hi Sarah! Everything on line? No wonder she quit as governor, no time to real the entire net and pretend to be governor both. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-appropriate-for-news-organizations-to-fact-check-books/518029/169 "2009-11-21T00:07:48Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Ok, I’ll bite. What’s their story? I didn’t see anything too looney tunes on their home page. > **[Newsmax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsmax_Media#Notable_stories)** > > Newsmax, Inc. (or Newsmax.com, previously styled NewsMax) is an American cable news, political opinion commentary, and digital media company founded by Christopher Ruddy in 1998. Newsmax's editorial stance has been variously described as conservative, right-wing, and far-right. Newsmax Media divisions include its cable and broadcast channel Newsmax TV; its website Newsmax.com, which includes Newsmax Health and Newsmax Finance; and Newsmax magazine, its monthly print publication. The comp Newsm... the latest: > [@](#): > > On September 29, 2009, in a column on the [Newsmax.com](http://Newsmax.com) blog, John L. Perry described the possibility of a military coup against President Obama to resolve what Perry calls the “Obama problem”. Newsmax removed the column. In a statement, Newsmax stated that it did not want any misinterpretation of the article to be made and that it, as a news organization, strongly supported the idea of consitutional government ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-appropriate-for-news-organizations-to-fact-check-books/518029/170 "2009-11-21T00:08:11Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > … and “everything online”. > > Hi Sarah! **Homoanas** hoc filum meret. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-appropriate-for-news-organizations-to-fact-check-books/518029/171 "2009-11-21T00:26:32Z")
In tres partes omnia Gallia divisa est jo momma. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-appropriate-for-news-organizations-to-fact-check-books/518029/172 "2009-11-21T01:29:02Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > **Homoanas** hoc filum meret. I am pretending that I understand this. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-appropriate-for-news-organizations-to-fact-check-books/518029/173 "2009-11-21T01:51:46Z")
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