Results for: politifact
Fact Checking the Fact Checkers: AP's Hit Piece on '2000 Mules' is Full of Holes
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2022/05/10/fact-checking-the-fact-checkers-2000-mules-n561941
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2022/05/10/fact-checking-the-fact-checkers-2000-mules-n561941
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PolitiFact and Associated Press are the most prominent, and many local rags have run AP’s, magnifying its reach. … Of course, the PolitiFact and AP pieces are nearly identical, almost as if they were coordinated.…
Pulitzer Prize Dis-Honors: Pregnancies Surprise, a Percentage of Lies, and Mummified French Fries
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2022/05/09/pulitzer-prize-di…rise-a-percentage-of-lies-and-mummified-french-fries-n561828
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After Ron DeSantis commented on student loan debt, PolitiFact contacted his press office to ask where he got the figure, when he … They would be the outlet that is also behind PolitiFact. … More on @PolitiFact: https://t.co/QSSsXSlscf
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After 2000 Mules Premiere, True the Vote Promises to 'Pull the Ripcord' and Release ALL the Data
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2022/05/09/after-2000-mules…romises-to-pull-the-ripcord-and-release-all-the-data-n561949
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Dinesh D’Souza’s new film, “2000 Mules,” which, according to Politifact, “suggests a nefarious conspiracy in which so-called ‘mules…
The Lie-Able Sources Podcast: Abortion Antics, Fact-Check Foibles, and Problematic Posts
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2022/05/06/the-lie-able-sour…tion-antics-fact-check-foibles-and-problematic-posts-n560907
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2022/05/06/the-lie-able-sour…tion-antics-fact-check-foibles-and-problematic-posts-n560907
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PolitiFact reedits Sean Hannity quotes in order to reframe his meaning. … PolitiFact piece that states DeSantis was incorrect in referencing their own outlet.…
Sheila Jackson-Lee Should Be Impeached For Encroaching Senility
https://redstate.com/repair_man_jack/2014/08/01/sheila-jackson-lee-impeached-encroaching-senility-n49953
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Thus, the Politifact Column of The Tampa Times rates this statement as “Mostly False.”…
Obama blames others for abandoning Iraq
https://redstate.com/streiff/2014/08/13/obama-blames-others-abandoning-iraq-n50083
https://redstate.com/streiff/2014/08/13/obama-blames-others-abandoning-iraq-n50083
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During the 2008 campaign when John McCain accused Obama of flip-flopping on Iraq the leftwing site Politifact pulled together numerous…
Hillary Using Children's Healthcare to Keep Bothering Us
https://redstate.com/slee/2017/12/10/hillary-using-childrens-healthcare-keep-bothering-us-n81034
https://redstate.com/slee/2017/12/10/hillary-using-childrens-healthcare-keep-bothering-us-n81034
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It’s clear she’s trying to use a stance she took in her campaign, claiming credit for CHIP, which Politifact gives her more credit…
Why Conservatives Distrust the Media; New York Times Under-Counts Obama’s Lies
https://redstate.com/prevaila/2017/12/14/conservatives-distrust-media-new-york-times-counts-obamas-lies-n81313
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Using the left-leaning site Politifact, which the Times most likely agrees with in regards to its Truth-O-Meter results, Caruso pulled … Politifact lists 20 one ONE page (there’s 4 pages): http://www.politifact.com/personalities/barack-obama/statements/byruling/false/ … Politifact lists 71 of President Obama’s statements while in office as “False.”…
Politifact: And the "Lie of the Year" Is...
https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/12/12/politifact-lie-year-is-n81231
https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/12/12/politifact-lie-year-is-n81231
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Politifact goes on to state that Trump’s continual claims of no collusion gives an implicit nod to the actual interference of Russia … The Politifact Readers’ Poll likewise determined Trump’s dogged denial as “the year’s most significant falsehood.”…
This Way Comes
https://redstate.com/erick/2015/05/29/this-way-comes-n52955
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Politifact, which once attacked those who said President Obama was lying with his claim that you could keep your doctor only to then…
Rick Perry's ACTUAL Legacy
https://redstate.com/absentee/2015/06/16/rick-perrys-actual-legacy-n53119
https://redstate.com/absentee/2015/06/16/rick-perrys-actual-legacy-n53119
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Well let’s just check with left-leaning fact checker Politifact and see what they think:
Texas ranked 18th, with a rate of 1.7 such … Back to Politifact we go:
So, Texas has been No. 1 in total CO2 emissions, though it would have tied for 13th if each state’s emissions…
Michelle Nunn Doesn't Understand Basic Economics
https://redstate.com/alanjoelny/2014/10/24/michelle-nunn-doesnt-understand-basic-economics-n50867
https://redstate.com/alanjoelny/2014/10/24/michelle-nunn-doesnt-understand-basic-economics-n50867
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Politifact of Georgia couldn’t even make the stretch that Purdue’s career outsourcing meant that he “was proud to have sent jobs overseas … Politifact noted, “it is accurate to claim Perdue’s sworn statement is that he spent most of his business career outsourcing. … Politifact also noted other companies where Perdue worked that did outsource jobs, but said those companies were “in industries where…
Fact Check On Fact Check Of Dana Loesch's New Book 'Hands Off My Gun'
https://redstate.com/absentee/2014/10/22/fact-check-fact-check-dana-loeschs-hot-new-book-hands-gun-n50841
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They rely on a PBS website posting of a transcript, and a Politifact expert who helped them “translate that into 21st-century-ese.”…
Facebook to Censor "Fake News" From Your Feed
https://redstate.com/mickeywhite2/2016/12/15/facebook-censor-fake-news-feed-n65090
https://redstate.com/mickeywhite2/2016/12/15/facebook-censor-fake-news-feed-n65090
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They include ABC News, FactCheck.org, PolitiFact, and Snopes—all of which have been accused of liberal bias in the past. … One of the announced partners is Politifact. So you can understand why it’s raising red flags everywhere.…
Politifact's Lie Of The Year... And The Winner Is... Fake News?
https://redstate.com/mickeywhite2/2016/12/13/politifacts-lie-year-n65012
https://redstate.com/mickeywhite2/2016/12/13/politifacts-lie-year-n65012
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At least according to Politifact. … Last year, Politifact awarded the Lie of the Year to then GOP Candidate, Donald Trump. … Politifact goes on MSNBC, (home of Brian Williams) to give “Fake News” itself, in total, the dubious honor, based on a study done by…
Facebook Fake News Hysteria Is Just Censorship And Rent-Seeking In Disguise
https://redstate.com/streiff/2016/12/11/facebook-fake-news-hysteria-just-censorship-rent-seeking-disguise-n64898
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Shortly after Election Day, the “Big Three” in American fact checking — PolitiFact, a project of the Tampa Bay Times; FactCheck.org … For instance, this gem from Politifact:
Obama’s 2008 debate statement was:
“No. 1, let me just repeat, if you’ve got a health care … PolitiFact wrote:
“Obama is accurately describing his health care plan here.…
Fake News Complaints by Big Media Are Fake
https://redstate.com/patterico/2016/12/08/fake-news-complaints-big-media-fake-n64780
https://redstate.com/patterico/2016/12/08/fake-news-complaints-big-media-fake-n64780
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As Current Affairs has previously argued at length, websites like PolitiFact frequently disguise opinion and/or bullshit as neutral … PolitiFact constantly spreads its statistics about how X percent of Trump or Clinton’s statements are rated false, declining to mention…
Politifact Demonstrates Why It Is Incapable Of Separating Fact From Fiction
https://redstate.com/streiff/2016/12/31/politifact-demonstrates-incapable-separating-fact-fiction-n65592
https://redstate.com/streiff/2016/12/31/politifact-demonstrates-incapable-separating-fact-fiction-n65592
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PolitiFact has fact checked Ted Cruz’s opinions and found his opinions to be false. … Basically, PolitiFact is just as impartial as Media Matters and just as trustworthy. … What PolitiFact did, and what they always do, is use their alleged impartiality as a cudgel to attack non-Democrats.…
UNBELIEVABLE. AP Fact Checks Trump's Claim That Meryl Streep Is "Overrated"
https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/01/09/unbelievable-ap-fact-checks-trumps-claim-meryl-streep-overrated-n65938
https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/01/09/unbelievable-ap-fact-checks-trumps-claim-meryl-streep-overrated-n65938
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PolitiFact found his opinion to be false based on the notion that sanctions could be resumed even though one of the conditions of the…
Dear Mainstream Press: Hold Trump/Spicer To Account But Get Off Your High Horses
https://redstate.com/jaycaruso/2017/01/22/dear-mainstream-press-hold-trumpspicer-account-get-off-high-horses-n66651
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that they need to get their hands dirty, that for nearly three years, they allowed President Obama to get away with telling what Politifact…
Watercooler 02/02/17 Open Thread; Fake News Roundup; European Council President Calls Trump Threat To Europe; California Voter Registration Highly Susceptible To Fraud
https://redstate.com/joliphant/2017/02/02/watercooler-020217…alifornia-voter-registration-highly-susceptible-fraud-n67261
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Politifact, NPR Claims Obama Did Not Discriminate Against Christian Refugees: :Note NPR’s Reasoning is that the civil war in Syria…
PolitiFact "Fact Checks" Marco Rubio On the Iran Hostage Crisis And You Can't Believe the Result
https://redstate.com/streiff/2016/01/18/politifact-fact-chec…s-marco-rubio-iran-hostage-crisis-cant-believe-result-n56099
https://redstate.com/streiff/2016/01/18/politifact-fact-chec…s-marco-rubio-iran-hostage-crisis-cant-believe-result-n56099
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Let us stop for a moment and note a few salient facts that PolitiFact tries to lie explain away. … What does PolitiFact have to say about that? … For this egregious balderdash, we award PolitiFact the rarely issued Quad-Heady:…
There is no evidence ISIS is using videos of Trump to recruit new members
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2015/12/20/evidence-isis-using-videos-trump-recruit-new-members-n55622
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2015/12/20/evidence-isis-using-videos-trump-recruit-new-members-n55622
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The lie itself was so bad, even Politifact and the Associated Press have cried foul. … Via Politifact:
Not having heard that before, our eyebrows went up when we heard Clinton’s comment, and we weren’t alone.…
And They Wonder Why No One Believes Media "Fact Checkers"
https://redstate.com/streiff/2015/12/28/wonder-one-believes-media-fact-checkers-n55703
https://redstate.com/streiff/2015/12/28/wonder-one-believes-media-fact-checkers-n55703
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In RedState coverage alone we can offer this about the veracity of various fact checkers:
PolitiFact ruled a Rick Perry claim as…
WaPo Reporter Who Questions Validity of Hunter's Laptop Was Recently Awarded for Using It As a Resource
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2023/11/20/wapo-reporter-que…aptop-was-recently-award-for-using-it-as-a-resource-n2166602
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This type is seen frequently at Politifact, to give an example.…