anyone tell me about the factcheck.com thing?

[meow mix]

if georgesoros.com is not redircting factcheck to georgesoros.com..
who is?

"FactCheck.com Correction

We do not own the FactCheck.com domain name and are not responsible for it redirecting to GeorgeSoros.com. We are as surprised as anyone by this turn of events. We believe that Vice President Cheney intended to direct viewers of the Vice-Presidential Debate to FactCheck.org."

[scarletwoman]

1. Josh Marshall at talkingpointsmemo.com has posted about this

Most likely theory is that it was the factcheck.com domain owner him/herself that set up the redirect to the George Soros site.

sw

[meow mix]

3. okee thanks =)

to avoid paying for bandwidth maybe?
i see..
still i wonder why that exact site was chosen.

[meganmonkey]

2. fact check.com thing...

Here's a link to a Yahoo News story about it

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?mpl=story&e=5&u=/ap/debate_web_sites

An excerpt:
But Cheney cited FactCheck.com, a for-profit advertising site based in the Cayman Islands.

The company decided to redirect traffic to the Soros site after it became inundated with hits — about 100 a second after the debate, John Berryhill, a Philadelphia lawyer for FactCheck.com, said Wednesday.

"This was to relieve stress on the service and to express a political point of view," said Berryhill, who spoke with the site's administrators shortly after the debate ended.

[meow mix]

4. ty =)

just got home couldnt find anything about it.
nice of mr berryhill to choose georgesoros.com instead of something lame.

[newyawker99]

5. Hi meganmonkey!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: