https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/10/03/is-that-a-fact-check/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:32:42 -0400<![CDATA[Heisenberg’s principle can be crudely generalized (it’s the best I can do) as follows: An observer can change the nature of a thing or an event merely through the act of observation. Observation all by itself can become an intervention. Heisenberg was describing how reality works at the level of quantum mechanics, where a wave becomes a particle and vice versa depending on how it’s being measured. But it applies, too, at the level of political journalism, where reality is even stranger. There, facts can become interpretations, interpretations can become facts, and events of no significance can achieve an earthshaking importance simply by virtue of being pawed over by a large number of journalists.]]>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:40:20 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/10/03/is-that-a-fact-check-n280222