
4 Recent Examples Show Why No One Trusts Media ‘Fact Checks’
…Oslo, you are completely out of luck. 2) The Ninth Circuit PolitiFact “fact” “checked” a Sean Hannity claim that “The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is…
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…Oslo, you are completely out of luck. 2) The Ninth Circuit PolitiFact “fact” “checked” a Sean Hannity claim that “The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is…
…not to say the phrase. Watch it happen here: https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1296162100730109953?s=20 PolitiFact followed suit. “The DNC did not omit ‘one nation under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance,” the left-leaning fact-checker…
…Chinese laboratory, have any of those above issued a correction or so much as an update? Of course not. So far, the only thing like that was issued by PolitiFact…
…up in the air.” Not wanting to miss out on all the fun, the left-wing “fact checker” Politifact ran a similar piece on Oct. 3 titled, “Not all results will…
…but it has repeatedly demonstrated that its idea of fact-checking is suppressing any ideas critical of the regime. Its primary “fact-checking” publication, PolitiFact, is nothing more than a PR shop…
…much more than 107,000 people. That’s about .04 percent of the under 65 population. The HHS study was even too much for Factcheck.org and PolitiFact. Factcheck.org said the number wasn’t…
…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…
…PolitiFact admit there was no record of Biden’s arrest. “Police were called to the home as hundreds of people protested outside. There were a few arrests, but no evidence that…
…term in American history.” This is untrue. Democrats’ favorite “fact-checking” outlet, PolitiFact, admitted that “former President Barack Obama accumulated more debt than Trump.” 18. Inflation Reduction Act In an apparent reference…
…Medicare and Social Security.” Even partisan Politifact was forced to admit that Trump’s 2024 platform explicitly states that “under no circumstances should Republicans vote to cut a single penny from…
…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…
…before noting that illegal border crossing activists are invigorated by Harris’ rise on the ticket because she is “personally well-versed and invested in the issue.” Politifact, known for aiding Big…
…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…