Results for: politifact

Black Journalists at the NABJ Try to Hold Trump Accountable; It Goes As Well As Expected
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2024/07/31/black-journalists…hold-trump-accountable-it-goes-as-well-as-expected-n2177595
– SCOTT: She's always identified as a Black woman.That is a bald-faced lie that I am sure Politifact will bypass.…
Democratic National Convention Day 1 Fact-Check - You Mean, Democrats Lie As Well?
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/08/20/the-fact-checks-o…national-convention-you-mean-democrats-lie-as-well-n2178319
– This sophomoric display was enough to even compel Politifact to come out and address the idiocy.Job LossDick Durbin was out there,…
Matt Gaetz Seeks to Blow Up the Media's 'Border Czar' Lie
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/08/07/matt-gaetz-seeks-to-blow-up-the-medias-border-czar-lie-n2177848
– despite numerous news reports suggesting otherwise.After Harris appeared to become the Democrats’ de facto presidential nominee, PolitiFact…
Jonathan Turley Roundhouses NewsGuard Right in Its News-Suppressing Chops
https://redstate.com/jimthompson/2024/07/28/jonathan-turley…dhouses-newguard-right-in-it-news-suppressing-chops-n2177468
–  Another is PolitiFact, and AP has its own “fact-checkers”.  My colleague Jeff Charles wrote about this a few weeks ago. …   Three years ago, Van Laar was forced to respond to the numbskulls at PolitiFact on a COVID origins article.…
Kamala Harris Has a 'Conversation' With the National Association of Black Journalists
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2024/09/17/kamala-harris-has…with-the-national-association-of-black-journalists-n2179438
– PolitiFact actually did the job of fact-checking on this.pic.twitter.com/zcbpTZTzPE— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 17, 2024The…
Dem Donor Aide Floats ‘False Flag’ Theory About Attempt to Assassinate Trump
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/07/14/dem-donor-aide-floats…alse-flag-theory-about-attempt-to-assassinate-trump-n2176862
– while also making up others to somehow spin this incident to the left’s advantage.The issue has become so ridiculous that even PolitiFact…
Mon Dieu! Spirit Airliner Takes Small Arms Fire While Trying to Land in Haiti
https://redstate.com/jimthompson/2024/11/12/mon-dieu-spirit…takes-small-arms-fire-while-trying-to-land-in-haiti-n2181878
– PolitiFact assured us that the claims were "unfounded," with an expert on Haitian culture assuring the world that Haitians don't eat…
Loser Democrats Accuse Elon Musk of Stealing Election for Trump. How Desperate Will They Get?
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/11/12/loser-democrats-accuse…ling-election-for-trump-how-desperate-will-they-get-n2181891
– But what is surprising is that PolitiFact even bothered to debunk this Big Lie, giving it a “Pants on Fire” rating.…
Politifact Figure Accidently Exposes His Bias in Fact-Checking; the Media's Fix Is Completely Laid Bare
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/12/05/when-a-leading-fa…exposes-their-bias-the-fix-is-completely-laid-bare-n2182858
– One such title was “Beyond The Big Lie,” written by Bill Adair, the founder of the fact-check site Politifact. … Fact-Checker Daniel Dale: Here’s How to Do Your Job, Not the Debate Malpractice You DeliveredThere are a number of tricks played by Politifact …  Another way is that oftentimes, they will manage to deliver an example of some leftist figure distorting the truth but Politifact…
The Lie-Able Sources Podcast: The Anti-Woke Person of the Year, and How ProPublica Devolved in Real Time
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/12/13/the-lie-able-sour…f-the-year-and-hoe-propublica-devolved-in-real-time-n2183184
– Politifact rushed to defend Joe Biden for issuing relief aid to Africa while people in the Carolinas are still in need of relief.…
Worst News Outlet of the Week - a Look at the Latest Deliveries from the Dysfunctional Media
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/12/15/worst-news-outlet…the-latest-deliveries-from-the-dysfunctional-media-n2183242
– Politifact debated Trump calling his “the most secure border” by both claiming there was a surge in the Spring of 2020 (when…COVID…
Pete Buttigieg's Arrogant Condescension: Compares Americans' Gas Vehicles to Landline Phones
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/04/04/pete-buttigiegs-ar…ans-would-buy-electric-vehicles-if-they-knew-better-n2172298
– Seven.See Related: PolitiFact Ridiculously Calls Babylon Bee Satire Piece About Transportation Secretary Buttigieg 'False' …
Hunter Finally Appears in Child Support Case, Judge Blasts Him for Concealing Income
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2023/05/01/hunter-finally-appea…support-case-judge-blasts-him-for-concealing-income-n739724
– PolitiFact now reports that he paid $50,000 in rent for office space:The figure in question — $49,910 — matches the quarterly rent…
Poynter's Ridiculous Claims About Fact-Checkers Are Difficult to Believe
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/06/26/poynters-ridiculous-claims-about-fact-checkers-are-difficult-to-believe-n2175967
– When information was being distributed about some of the dangerous side effects, organizations like WaPo, PolitiFact, and FactCheck.org … not surprisingly, the groups offered to help police YouTube in censorship efforts.Morse also referenced an instance in which PolitiFact…
NYT Siccing an Astonishing 29 Fact Checkers on Trump-Biden Debate—but Make It Clear Who They're After
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/06/25/nyt-siccing-an-aston…rump-biden-debatebut-make-it-clear-who-theyre-after-n2175974
– public:Related: Busting the Fact-Checkers, or Why Fact-Checkers StinkSnopes is certainly not the only source of misinformation; PolitiFact … PolitiFact Ridiculously Calls Babylon Bee Satire Piece About Transportation Secretary Buttigieg 'False'It would be hilarious if it…
Biden's Desperate Move With Black Voters: Labeling Trump a Racist While Ignoring His Own Track Record
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2024/05/24/bidens-desperate…trump-a-racist-while-ignoring-his-own-track-record-n2174611
– later.The gist, as most know by now, involves the false claim that Trump called neo-Nazis in Charlottesville “fine people”.As PolitiFact…
Joe Biden Spilling the Beans on Training Troops in Poland and Calling for Regime Change in Russia Is Reckless and Dangerous
https://redstate.com/streiff/2022/03/29/joe-biden-spilling-t…or-regime-change-in-russia-is-reckless-and-dangerous-n542689
– In that case, there is a battalion of failed journalism students working for PolitiFact, Snopes, the Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler…
Brit Hume Decimates Politifact Over Their Biden Cognitive 'Fact Check' That Hasn't Aged Well
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/07/04/brit-hume-decimat…act-over-their-biden-fact-check-that-didnt-age-well-n2176365
–  Politifact did a "fact check" back then declaring Hume's assessment "false," while noting the term "senile" is an imprecise term …  PolitiFact contacted experts in the health care of older people for their take on Hume’s use of the word senile and its application … He cited to this "fact check" from Politifact and just finished them off with three words.…
Fire Damage in LA Reaches Biblical Proportions—Is This What They Wanted? And Could It Be Their Demise?
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/01/10/fire-damage-in-la-re…this-what-they-wanted-and-could-it-be-their-demise-n2184173
– Is this a baseless claim that PolitiFact will ding me for? Am I just making this up?…
Our Risible Year: News Nonsense, Media Mirth, and Political Peculiarities From the First Half of 2024
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/12/30/our-risible-year…d-political-peculiarities-of-the-first-half-of-2024-n2183754
– RNC had been covered in the press using that same term.A bridge in Baltimore collapsed when it was struck by a freighter, and Politifact…
Joe Biden's Other Green Debacle—Billions Thrown at USPS for Tiny Number of Electric Delivery Trucks
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/12/16/joe-bidens-other…usps-to-get-under-100-new-electric-delivery-trucks-n2183270
– Recently, Politifact attempted to rescue Secretary Pete’s reputation, striving to correct a Congressman who brought up this figure. … I don’t know how to make the viscounts of verité at Politifact grasp the concept that announcing it is good news that nearly $200,000,000…
Politifact's ‘Lie of the Year’ Glosses Over Bigger Whoppers, Including One Biden Told for Over a Year
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/12/17/politifacts-lie-o…r-whoppers-including-one-biden-told-for-over-a-year-n2183333
– Vance for false claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating pet dogs and cats. https://t.co/tNXV83hk3T— PolitiFact … (@PolitiFact) December 17, 2024If you have that palpable feeling of a target being missed, that is valid. … Politifact leans heavily on how this lie was used in the campaign and had an effect on the election.…
The Lie-Able Sources Podcast: Defamation, Prisoner Misidentification, and Fact-Check Stagnation
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/12/19/the-lie-able-sour…risoner-misidentification-and-fact-check-stagnation-n2183425
– Daniel Dale has come out of hibernation to see his shadow and begin doing his announced job title.And on the topic of fact-checks, Politifact…
Meta's Fact Checkers Rush to Buy Refrigerator Cartons as Homelessness Looms After Zuckerberg Announcement
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/01/07/metas-fact-checkers…as-homelessness-looms-after-zuckerberg-announcement-n2184076
– doing anything, in any form, with bias,” said Neil Brown, the president of the Poynter Institute, a global nonprofit that runs PolitiFact…
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