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Thursday, March 17, 2022

PolitiFact's "Pants on Fire" bias in 2021

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As we noted in our post about the "Pants on Fire" research for 2020, we have changed the way we do the research. PolitiFact revamp...
Saturday, March 12, 2022

Yes, Virginia, state franchise "star chambers" are still a thing

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As I noted over at Zebra Fact Check , PolitiFact is saying the people who decide a "Truth-O-Meter" rating have years of PolitiFact...
Thursday, March 3, 2022

A handful of baloney from PolitiFact

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"At PolitiFact, we wrote "Principles of the Truth-O-Meter" to help guide our work. Words matter was the first principle....
Monday, January 31, 2022

PolitiFact doesn't know the meaning of 'and'?

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 Well, well, well. I've had to focus on things other than PolitiFact Bias posts lately, but PolitiFact and its owner, the Poynter Instit...
Sunday, December 19, 2021

BizPacReview: PolitiFact's 2021 LOTY 'just a liberal talking point all dressed up for prom'

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Sierra Marlee, in an article published at BizPacReview , fairly summed up PolitiFact's ho-hum "Lie of the Year" for 2021. Poli...
Wednesday, December 15, 2021

LIndsey Graham out of context

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Here we go again. PolitiFact has had quite a run in 2021 when it comes to taking Republicans' claims out of context. This latest one fo...
Thursday, September 2, 2021

MetaFact Group: PolitiFact “fact-checks” accurate reporting about study showing vaccines provide less immunity than prior infections

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A relative newcomer to the fact-checking the fact-checkers club, MetaFact Group , today published an on-target item showing yet another exam...
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Search engine update!

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Occasionally we get curious about how search engines are treating the PolitiFact Bias site. We have a number of SEO advantages, perhaps the ...