Media’s Angry Response To President Trump’s Oval Office Speech Comes Up Short
The Democrats’ theme for the evening was ‘facts, not fear.’ Many major media also adopted the same theme.
Here’s The Problem With PolitiFact’s ‘Lie Of The Year’
The online conspiracy theory about the Parkland kids was ugly, but it wasn’t the most significant lie of the year.
Yes, California Has Effectively Banned Showering And Doing Laundry On The Same Day
Snopes, Facebook, and others purporting to ‘fact check’ conservative frustrations with California’s new water-restrictions law are the ones misleading about its effects.
No, Vice President Pence Wasn’t Wrong To Call Faith In America ‘Vibrant’
The Washington Post asserts Mike Pence selectively claimed ‘that the percentage of truly religious [citizens] in the United States have remained consistent in recent decades…’
Snopes Is a Sneaky Liar About California’s Bill To Ban Christian LGBT Talk
Read the bill. There is no religious exemption. There is no restriction to mental health professionals. This is not simply a ‘gay conversion ban.’
PolitiFact’s Double Standard Makes Oklahoma Teachers Look Poorer Than They Really Are
So-called fact-checking outfit PolitiFact is fine with considering cost-of-living differences in California or New York, just not in Oklahoma.
Google’s New ‘Fact-Checker’ Is Partisan Garbage
To combat ‘fake news,’ Google is manipulating perceptions about conservative sites before people even read them. It’s a sham.
Calling Pence A Liar While Protecting Warren Is Why People Hate Media
So Mike Pence is a lying liar for saying a totally anodyne true thing. But when Elizabeth Warren says a thing there’s no evidence for and no one can prove, media rushes to justify and obfuscate.
This Is Why We Can’t Trust Factcheckers, Part Infinity
Vice President Mike Pence says something that is completely true. The Washington Post factcheckers give him three Pinocchios for his troubles.
Facebook’s Solution To ‘Fake News’: Let Internet Troll Mobs Decide Who Gets Censored
Facebook will be empowering mobs of trolls to stop so-called ‘fake news,’ or information they don’t like, from being shared on the social network.
In Desperate Bid For Relevance, Merriam-Webster Turns Factcheck Hack
The folks at Merriam-Webster today are too busy making the world an angrier, more divided place to be bothered with intellectual honesty.
4 Recent Examples Show Why No One Trusts Media ‘Fact Checks’
The media can’t get enough of ‘fact checks.’ But why do they do such a horrible job with them? Here are a few particularly bad examples.
How PolitiFact Slants Its Truth Ratings Against Republicans
PolitiFact presents itself as a nonpartisan truth umpire, but here’s the story behind how its metrics are biased against Republicans and highly attuned to political winds.
Running The Data On PolitiFact Shows Bias Against Conservatives
Mitt Romney did not seem to be a particularly egregious liar, nor does Hillary Clinton seem the single most honest politician to run for president in the last 10 years. Yet PolitiFact says it’s true.
5 Major Problems With Facebook’s Attempt To Limit ‘Fake News’
If past is prologue, the ‘fact’ ‘checkers’ chosen to review information people post to Facebook will deride as fake information that is actually not fake in any way.
7 Whoppers Inside Politico’s Hit Piece On HHS Nominee Tom Price
Politico appears to publish Democrat talking points as ‘facts,’ if a recent hit on Tom Price, Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, is any indication.
The Left Decries Our ‘Post-Truth’ Society While Pushing The Ideas That Fuel It
Suddenly, people who hold to philosophies that actually undermine and reject objective truth are deeply concerned about emotions dictating facts.
No Fact-Checkers Can Cover For Hillary Clinton’s Ghastly Abortion Views
The most salient and effective tools in the pro-life arsenal are the cold, hard facts about abortion: it is a medical procedure that kills innocent human beings. That’s why the Left avoids the truth.
Is The Clinton Or Trump Foundation A Bigger Shell Game?
At offering Americans a ‘fair shake,’ neither tax-exempt organization measures up. Unfortunately, coverage of the two foundations is also often unfair.
Wrong, PolitiFact: Hillary Supports Tax-Funded Abortion On Demand
PolitiFact claims Ted Cruz’s assertions about Hillary Clinton are ‘false.’ We give Politifact a flaming giant liar rating on the Truth-O-Meter.
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