Before I explain why PolitiFact is once again being deliberately misleading, grossly incompetent, or some hellbroth of these distinguishing characteristics, you’ll have bear with me. Part of the reason PolitiFact gets away with being so shoddy is that it counts on its readers believing that it can be trusted to explain any necessary context to justify its status as judge, jury, and factual executioner. So first, some background.

If you’ve been paying attention to the coverage of the controversy over the President’s health care bill forcing religious institutions to pay for contraception and abortifacients, you’ve probably seen this statistic trotted out: “98 percent of Catholic women have used contraception.”