is anyone here familar with factcheck.org?

[Skittles]

www.factcheck.org

or anything about "Annenberg" ?

[Wonco_the_Sane]

1. Can be useful...

I had it bookmarked for a bit a long time ago. Now I only check it on occasion. It can be hard on Dems and Repugs, but always use multiple sites/newspapers/mags/TV/radio/books when it's important to get accurate info.

[Virgil]

2. Factcheck.org was on NOW

Factcheck.org was on NOW with Bill Moyers just last week. The video should be up to see over the Internet at http://www.pbs.org/now/

Annenberg is a big trust that has produced many documentaries for a long time as in decades. They are both quite legit in what they say and do and are guided by truth instead of agenda.

[11 Bravo]

3. Someone's been watching O'Reilly!

Although I guess I just outed myself as well. Haven't had a chance to visit the site yet, but it does sound interesting.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

4. i heard about factcheck.org from C-Span Annenberg ...Education?

some kind of educational video firm.

[11 Bravo]

6. Oh, no! Did I bust myself for nothing?

[proud patriot]

5. Yesterday on Countdown with kieth Olberman too

I believe the site is brand new ,
I've already bookmarked it and will
check in everyday , so I may form an
opinion .

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. Wolf in sheeps clothing

Annenberg was a right wing ultra rich buddy of Reagan.

Notice that all the "Facts" have something to do with the Democratic agenda, and always end up casting a favorable glow on what would be the conservative position.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

9. i fear you may be correct...needs lots of researching into before i chew

or swallow http://www.annenbergfoundation.org/home

[The_Casual_Observer]

10. Your post about the history of the foundation

Is the usual unreadable nonsense that doesn't say anything about what they do. The shit on that website is pure George Will.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

11. Annenberg funded Arnold's GOP/Dem Dec. 9th retreat

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/7448857.htm

WASHINGTON - Democrats and Republicans in California's congressional delegation spent the weekend together for a first-ever bipartisan retreat and emerged vowing to meet again and work harder to deliver for the state.

About 30 members of the state's 55-member delegation -- the largest in Congress -- attended the gathering underwritten by the Annenberg Foundation at the late Walter Annenberg's estate near Palm Springs.

The state's two senators, both Democrats, attended, and guests included Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, former President Ford and former Secretary of State George Shultz -- all Republicans -- along with former congressman and White House chief of staff Leon Panetta, a Democrat.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

8. Annenberg Foundation established 1958 by Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg.

http://www.annenbergfoundation.org/home

Mission Statement

The Annenberg Foundation is the successor corporation to the Annenberg School at Radnor, Pennsylvania established in 1958 by Walter H. Annenberg. It exists to advance the public well-being through improved communication. As the principal means of achieving its goal, the Foundation encourages the development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge.

Ambassador Annenberg observed that the transmission of information is a factor in "every human advancement or reversal." In an age of fiber optic cables and satellites, events are witnessed around the world even as they take place and the very telling of the tale affects the pace and nature of change.

But the revolution wrought by communications began more than five centuries ago. The swift and cheap dissemination of information first made possible by Gutenberg's invention of movable type has given rise to new political, social, and cultural forms that have enhanced life for millions of people.

While the modern computer and broadcast technology are important communications tools, they are only amplifiers and extenders of the written word and human voice. The Foundation's focus is not on chips and wires but rather on education, particularly public school restructuring and reform in the United States.

The Foundation generally limits grants to those likely to produce beneficent change on a large scale. It is open to collaboration with other philanthropic institutions

----I just fear that it may be behind The heritage Foundation and its MANY goons...research before supporting it and using its info ...just my $0.02