Thread by @CyrusToulabi

#FACTCHECK: I love @Lawrence, and I watch @TheLastWord nearly every weeknight each week...

But I find myself having to factcheck him, b/c of the way he highlights information that, whether wittingly or unwittingly, is MISLEADING...even if he's simply quoting someone else. [1/2]

#FACTCHECK: The poll highlighted in GQ that @Lawrence CHOSE to lead w/ AREN'T tied to the start of the "Impeachment Process."

The 65% approve vs 19% impeach/remove poll was taken at the start of the SENATE WATERGATE HEARINGS...NOT the HJC Impeachment Inquiry (in Feb 1974). [2/2]

@Lawrence #PS: Even the figures that the GQ article claims represents public opinion "when [Nixon's] impeachment process began" isn't accurate. He did NOT have a 65% approval rating in May 1973.

So these figures are ENTIRELY misleading. And @Lawrence knows better. It's disappointing, TBH.

@Lawrence #PPS: Don't take the above as me deterring calls for impeachment...

I'll always believe that inaccuracy and misleading information will hurt us more than help.

#FactsAreFacts. We should all hold each other to account (myself included) so that our case is nothing but rock solid.

@Lawrence #PPPS: Okay...now I'm actually frustrated. If you click the 65% approval hyperlink in the GQ article that @Lawrence quoted...

...it takes you to a Pew poll w/ the SAME GRAPH that I keep handy of Watergate polls.

NOTHING on the page supports 65% approval.
pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014…