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Friday, April 7, 2017

PolitiFact fixes fact check on Syrian chemical weapons

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When news reports recently appeared suggesting the Syrian government used chemical weapons, it presented a problem for PolitiFact. As noted ...
Sunday, April 2, 2017

Angie Drobnic Holan: "Find news organizations that have a demonstrated commitment to the ethical principles of truthfulness, fairness, independence and transparency."

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PolitiFact, thy name is Hypocrisy. The editors of PolitiFact Bias often find themselves overawed by the sanctimonious pronouncements we se...
Thursday, March 30, 2017

Hewitt v. PolitiFact: Two facts clearly favor Hewitt

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Over the past week, conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt claimed on Sunday the health insurance industry has entered a "death spiral,...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Hugh Hewitt v. PolitiFact (Power Line Blog)

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Via Power Line blog, the liberal bloggers at PolitiFact tangle with conservative radio show host Hugh Hewitt: The issue: During a televisi...
Thursday, March 23, 2017

Rorschach context

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It seems as though the liberal bloggers (aka "mainstream fact checkers") at PolitiFact treat context like a sort of Rorschach inkb...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

There You Go Again: PolitiFact Florida makes a hash of another gender wage gap ruling

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Though PolitiFact is an unreliable fact-checker, at least one can bank on the mainstream fact-checker's ability to flub gender wage gap ...
Monday, February 27, 2017

Daily Caller: "Politifact Says Trump Is Right, But Rates His Remark ‘Mostly False'"

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The Daily Caller notes an item from PolitiFact where President Trump tweeted something PolitiFact found true, after which the fact checker...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Another nugget from the Hollyfield interview

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In an earlier post we pointed out how managing editor Amy Hollyfield of PolitiFact described its "Truth-O-Meter" in terms hard to...