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…more countries than George W. Bush managed in eight, Politifact recently affirmed—although they had some trouble settling on a precise number. They credited “44” with repeated strikes on Afghanistan, Iraq,…

…them. Yesterday The New York Times published an article titled: “Pre-Existing Conditions: Evaluating Competing Claims.” Written by a former PolitiFact fact-checker, it mentions and links to Jimmy Kimmel’s recent viral…

…that he is enjoying a sweetheart deal by linking to an article on the website PolitiFact, the self-described fact-checking unit of the liberal Tampa Bay Times. That article bends over…

…and black markets, which terror organizations use. In 2016 the fact checker PolitiFact looked into claims by Pennsylvania State Rep. Rick Saccone (yes, that Rick Saccone) that illegal cigarette sales…

…the Equality Act’s likely harm to girls’ sports. As we reported last week, Politifact deemed an ad APP created to run in Michigan to be “missing context,” but refused to…

…the ad because it misled viewers. No fact-checker has found anything inaccurate in it. In fact, PolitiFact’s review of the ad, allegedly the basis for the censorship, found no false…

…notorious fact-checking site PolitiFact, also defended Cuomo against the reports and data that show his policy caused irreparable harm to nursing home and care facilities throughout the state. “I think…

…“as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news.” But wasn’t it true that the White House created a fake set of the Oval Office? No, PolitiFact fact-checkers were quick…

…a rifle. “‘Perfectly legal’ for Rittenhouse to carry a gun? False,” said the leftist Poynter Institute’s Politifact in a phony fact-check, a talking point that picked up steam and undergirded…

…data from the U.K. shows that vaccinated people are increasingly contracting COVID-19. Earlier this year, Politifact, another leftist organization employed by Facebook to curb “misinformation,” targeted a Federalist article focused…

…office was the only one even to respond to an inquiry. In her reply, a spokeswoman claimed, “The AP, Politifact, and the Reno Gazette Journal have all reported on this…

…snoozing through a long-winded speech.) Watch him at the 20:12 minute mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yACVtAAVZg “Fact” “checker” PolitiFact, which is surprisingly informative once you realize its verdicts are often indicators that the…

…centers and plant aisles all across the state were roped off to prevent the public from purchasing food-growing supplies, including seeds. By April 15, 2020, the fake fact-checkers at Politifact…

…than Politifact’s “Lie of the Year,” awarded to President Obama for the whopper meant to cover the statement that should have won in 2009: “If you like your health care…

…went viral garnering more than 15 million on the platform ,despite mainstream fact-checkers such as PolitiFact, Snopes and FacCheck.org each labeling the Democratic charges as false. The resistance Washington Post…

…CNN town hall Thursday, Biden cast direct blame on Trump, unfairly charging the president with being responsible for every death from COVID-19, which even left-leaning PolitiFact rated as flat-out “false.“…

…acting. But for the men and women of CNN, NBC, ABC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Reuters, AP, and PolitiFact, there is no excuse….

…a Gannett spokesperson wrote in an email to The Federalist. PolitiFact cited the revised version of Abrams’ USA Today op-ed to fact-check claims Abrams ever endorsed corporate boycotts over the…

…purchase health care due to major implementation problems with Obamacare. Politifact even named this the lie of the year, a curious move for an outfit that rated the same statement…

…Will Lose Their Health Plan There’s a reason even PolitiFact was forced to acknowledge that the president’s “if you like your health care plan” promise was a total lie. From…

…terms to deflect criticism. Politifact found a sudden distinction between the number of jobs and the number of workers. How? By redefining “jobs” to mean positions created by employers. But…

…Gynecologists. That’s hardly a “cheaper and easier” alternative — which is why Politifact rates Gardner’s claim as “mostly false.” I strongly suspect that the author simply wanted to make a…

…regarding Iowa, the Steyer memo says: Of course, that vicious smear is so false that even the liberals at Politifact gave it a full false. But it is also being…

…site PolitiFact even made concerns about Ebola it’s “Lie of the Year.” You may remember that NBC journalist Nancy Snyderman broke her Ebola quarantine, to the outrage of her neighbors….

…notes on Twitter that PunditFact and PolitiFact are funded by a large and active Clinton Foundation donor and partner, a fact PunditFact conveniently failed to disclose in its defense of…

…ever.” Slate calls abortion Planned Parenthood’s ‘premium product,’ likening it to a store that sells luxury watches. Media Matters and PolitiFact have pointed out that abortion services, which bring in…

…insist that America is now “the most respected country on Earth”—a claim even the normally more forgiving folks at PolitiFact rate as only “half-true”—but the Russians, Iranians, and Chinese clearly…

…White House (@WhiteHouse) June 18, 2015 At the very best, as Politifact might put it, his comments are half true. I’ve gone back and read Obama’s remarks over the years…

…believe, not that it’s extreme in light of what most Americans believe. Indeed, Politifact concluded that one of Rubio’s statements on climate change contradicts 97.1 percent (the 0.1 in that…

…discredit political opponents of the Left. More or less the same is true of liberal “explanatory journalism” outfits like Vox and Politifact, which exist largely to provide Left-leaning readers with…

…the gay and lesbian populations than for the general population. Laura Durso, now Director of the LGBT Research and Communications Project at the Center for American Progress, told PolitiFact in…

…Mia Love (R-Utah). Instead, if a woman requires a mammogram after getting a breast exam at a Planned Parenthood clinic, “you’re referred to a radiological clinic.” PolitiFact tried to provide…

…Muslims. As Politifact has noted, between October 1, 2014 and July 17, 2015, 906 people have arrived from Syria, and 96 percent of them are Muslims, while only 3 percent…

…Salon piece this contention is based on, but it has nothing to do with banning condoms. All of this is very obvious. So I look forward to the Politifact and…

…million dollars more in Social Security benefits than they paid in Social Security taxes. One Politifact piece from 2013 showed that on average government spends more than double on each…

…founded ISIS” pic.twitter.com/Df7NZMxPge Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 11, 2016 Politifact gave the claim one of their vaunted “pants on fire” rulings: The “fact” “check” admits that both President Barack Obama’s…