Who'da thunk?

During the campaign and runup to the 2012 presidential election, the website PolitiFact gained some prominence, especially to those on the left, for its "fact checking." This is not to say that they were entirely inaccurate, but they do have a record that arguably supports partisan bias.

Given that, it's not too surprising to learn that their "Lie of the Year," which was awarded to an ad by the Romney campaign, is in fact true. Not only that, but their analysis of the ad was incorrect to begin with. They said the ad claimed that Jeep would be "moving its US production to China." The ad said no such thing, merely that Jeeps would be made in China.

And now, as it turns out, even the "lie" the ad did not not actually contain turns out be not entirely false.

Marchionne said he will keep "the pillar cars of the Jeep (brand) in the United States. Wrangler is one. The Grand Cherokee is another. These are things that need to be protected because they represent the best and the essence of Jeep. If you tell me I cannot make a Patriot somewhere else, I might as well go out of the market."

So, if a model currently manufactured in the United States is to be manufactured in China instead, would that not qualify as moving production overseas? As noted by the Weekly Standard, making Jeep Patriots in China is deliciously ironic.

Of course, the writers and editors at PolitiFact could not have known about this latest development. But the fact remains that their "fact check" was wrong. Anyone who uses them as support for their argument better be damn sure to provide additional corroborating evidence, otherwise they risk exposing themselves as fools.