{"id":6344,"date":"2011-04-14T00:20:35","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T00:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/14\/stephen-colberts-not-factual-hashtagging\/"},"modified":"2011-04-14T00:20:35","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T00:20:35","slug":"stephen-colberts-not-factual-hashtagging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/14\/stephen-colberts-not-factual-hashtagging\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert’s “not factual” hashtagging"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephen Colbert’s “not factual” hashtagging<\/a><\/p>\n

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Senator Jon Kyl’s lie<\/strike> misstatement that abortion is “well over 90%\u00a0of what Planned Parenthood does” was helpfully clarified as “not intended as a factual statement” by his office after it was pointed out that the figure is closer to 3%.<\/p>\n

In response,\u00a0Stephen Colbert<\/a>\u00a0began posting Tweets with the\u00a0hashtag\u00a0#NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement<\/a><\/em>, including [non]facts\u00a0like “Citing religious reasons, Jon Kyl refuses to utter the number 8,” and “Legally, Jon Kyl cannot be within 100 yards of Helen Mirren,” among many others. \u00a0Hilarious.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stephen Colbert’s “not factual” hashtagging Senator Jon Kyl’s lie misstatement that abortion is “well over 90%\u00a0of what Planned Parenthood does” was helpfully clarified as “not intended as a factual statement” by his office after it was pointed out that the figure is closer to 3%. In response,\u00a0Stephen Colbert\u00a0began posting Tweets with the\u00a0hashtag\u00a0#NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement, including [non]facts\u00a0like “Citing … <\/p>\n

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