Most of them aren't data points. they are smears. Vague suppositions written to look like facts. Well, let me ask this question.
Anderson Cooper of CNN (not exactly the world's biggest advocate of the right wing of politics) and reporter Drew Griffen are reporting on allegations of the White House pressuring insurance companies to not publicly criticize AHCA.
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2013/10/30/insurance-companies-bullied-afraid-of-wh-retribution-if-they-criticize-86217Is this a smear? Do you think Anderson Cooper would be involved with this story if it were simply the rantings of a whack-job radio broadcaster who thinks the president is pure evil?