‘Cat’s Out of the Bag’ on IRS Targeting Scandal

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What’s the difference between “targeting” and using “inappropriate criteria” to select certain organizations for review?Koskinen testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on March 25, but the Post on Thursday, said it spent several days fact checking his testimony before giving it three Pinocchios. 

The newspaper’s fact check column has a maximum of four Pinocchios.

The Washington Post says it’s just “burecaucratese” in fact checking IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, who told Congress the tax collecting agency was never accused of targeting tea party organizations and other conservative groups from 2010 through 2012.

“The Inspector General found inappropriate criteria were used to select organizations for further review – he did not refer to it as targeting,” the commissioner told the committee.
He also said, “Yes, inappropriate criteria were used. I don’t think I used the word target, but I do acknowledge that applications were delayed unnecessarily and for too long.”