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Democrats (Rightfully) Quash a Radical Strain
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If you blinked, you missed it, but there were actually two very interesting lessons to be learned from a brief flap on Thursday in which PolitiFact hired, then fired, former Democratic congressman Alan Grayson to be a "reader advocate." Twitter exploded with complaints, and PolitiFact backed down. They'll search for some other Democrat to pair with Republican David Jolly.
It seems that Grayson's extreme partisanship, failure to respect the truth, and other poor behavior -- including accusations of domestic violence and physically intimidating a reporter -- have made him a rare point of partisan (and media) consensus.