Results for politifact

  1. Rick Perry's ACTUAL Legacy https://redstate.com/absentee/2015/06/16/rick-perrys-actual-legacy-n53119
    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…
  2. Michelle Nunn Doesn't Understand Basic Economics https://redstate.com/alanjoelny/2014/10/24/michelle-nunn-doesnt-understand-basic-economics-n50867
    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…
  3. 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
    They rely on a PBS website posting of a transcript, and a Politifact expert who helped them “translate that into 21st-century-ese.”…
  4. Facebook to Censor "Fake News" From Your Feed https://redstate.com/mickeywhite2/2016/12/15/facebook-censor-fake-news-feed-n65090
    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.…
  5. Politifact's Lie Of The Year... And The Winner Is... Fake News? https://redstate.com/mickeywhite2/2016/12/13/politifacts-lie-year-n65012
    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…
  6. 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
    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.…
  7. Fake News Complaints by Big Media Are Fake https://redstate.com/patterico/2016/12/08/fake-news-complaints-big-media-fake-n64780
    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…
  8. 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
    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.…
  9. 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
    PolitiFact found his opinion to be false based on the notion that sanctions could be resumed even though one of the conditions of the…
  10. 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
    that they need to get their hands dirty, that for nearly three years, they allowed President Obama to get away with telling what Politifact
  11. 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
    Politifact, NPR Claims Obama Did Not Discriminate Against Christian Refugees: :Note NPR’s Reasoning is that the civil war in Syria…
  12. 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
    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:…
  13. Watch: Republicans Drop Fire Ad Taking Aim at Mamdani and Socialism in Democrat Party https://redstate.com/katie-jerkovich/2025/08/13/watch-republ…king-aim-at-mamdani-and-socialism-in-democrat-party-n2192785
    So, how do you think noted fact-checking outlet Politifact handled this issue?…
  14. Donald Trump Continues To Play The Press: NRA Edition https://redstate.com/slee/2018/05/04/donald-trump-continues-play-press-nra-edition-n89146
    Politifact has already fact-checked the speech and determined it “not accurate” and the headlines almost drip with “Omg, can you believe…
  15. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Leads the Left to Discover Fact Checking Is For Suckers https://redstate.com/streiff/2019/01/10/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-leads-left-discover-fact-checking-suckers-n99529
    Obama’s “if you like your doctor” quote was rated as “completely true” by PolitiFact. … This is her PolitiFact record: CREDIT: https://www.politifact.com/personalities/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/ This is from the Washington…
  16. President Trump Wins Coveted WaPo "True But False" Fact Check Rating https://redstate.com/streiff/2019/01/09/president-trump-wins-coveted-wapo-true-false-fact-check-rating-n99469
    For instance, PolitiFact rated Obama’s “if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor” as 100% True when Obama first said it.…
  17. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Having a Meltdown Over the Press Not Giving Her a Fact-Check Pass https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2019/01/08/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-meltdown-press-not-giving-fact-check-pass-n99405
    For example, it looks like @PolitiFact has fact-checked Sarah Huckabee Sanders and myself the *same* amount of times: 6.…
  18. Fact Checkers and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Don't Seem to Get Along https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2019/01/25/fact-checkers-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-dont-seem-get-along-n100261
    Apparently, Ocasio-Cortez is so bad at telling the truth that even Politifact can’t give her a break. … Politifact publicly responded. We do spell out our process for selecting what facts we check. … — PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) January 7, 2019 The Washington Post itself responded to AOC complaining that she’s getting fact…
  19. For Some Reason, NPR Fact Checks a Claim Trump Never Made https://redstate.com/joesquire/2019/02/06/reason-npr-fact-checks-claim-trump-never-made-n100753
    Enter NPR, with arguably the most ridiculous fact check I’ve seen from a non-Politifact source.…
  20. President Trump Was Right About Human Trafficking So Why Won't the Left Admit It? https://redstate.com/streiff/2019/02/17/president-trump-right-human-trafficking-wont-left-admit-n101336
    In fact, in their orgy of fact checking, PolitiFact decided to not look at this claim.…
  21. Two Years Later: The CBO was Indeed Horrifically Wrong on its Obamacare Repeal Estimates https://redstate.com/bonchie/2019/02/21/two-years-later-cbo-indeed-horrifically-wrong-obamacare-repeal-estimates-n101615
    Bernie Sanders made such claims and then, laugably, received a “Mostly True” rating for the astute, non-biased fact checkers at Politifact
  22. Politifact 'Fact Checkers' Go to Desperate 'Out of Control' Lengths to Protect Stacey Abrams https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2022/06/01/politifact-fa…rate-out-of-control-lengths-to-protect-stacey-abrams-n573397
    The cast and crew at Politifact are absolutely no exception to that rule, as we’ve previously documented on the numerous occasions … Politifact labeled the claim “false,” but our sister site Twitchy was among several that noted in their write-ups about it that Politifact … @TwitchyTeam wrote a piece on how Politifact fact check on Stacey Abrams lacked context. What happened in response?…
  23. Pulitzer Prize Dis-Honors: An Insult Dog, the White House Cat, and Shot Glass Crabs https://redstate.com/bradslager/2022/06/19/pulitzer-prize-di…insult-dog-the-white-house-cat-and-shot-glass-crabs-n581007
    Distinguished Investigative Reporting Ciara O’Rourke – Politifact We recently covered how the EIC at Politifact tried defending … https://t.co/T7Dz1Vhzov — PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) June 17, 2022   Distinguished Explanatory Reporting Kate Bennett — CNN…
  24. The Lie-Able Sources Podcast: Politifact Exposed, Activist Journos Deposed, and WaPo Supposed https://redstate.com/bradslager/2022/06/18/the-lie-able-sour…t-exposed-activist-journos-deposed-and-wapo-supposed-n580608
    Next, I show how a recent column at PolitiFact was meant to defend from harsh criticism but instead managed to expose how the site … Politifact column defends its writers but exposes its bias.…
  25. Politifact Takes a Stab at Self-Defense, Only to Reveal Themselves as Biased https://redstate.com/bradslager/2022/06/16/politifact-takes…at-self-defense-only-to-reveal-themselves-as-biased-n579430
    In fact, I frequently take on Politifact for two primary issues; inaccuracies, and the focus of their work. … I asked Pushaw if she does, in fact, respond to the media outreach from Politifact. … It also indicates how the attention Politifact pays is rather particular.…