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A Ruling on PolitiFact's Measure of President Trump's Speech: Mostly Flawed
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2025/03/05/a-look-at-politif…resident-trumps-joint-sessions-speech-mostly-flawed-n2186314
– But one entry did inspire interest.The slanted minds at PolitiFact came out with their expected fact-check of Trump’s delivery, but … Then we see where PolitiFact had to strain in order to build up that number.On SOCIAL SECURITY, they take issue with Trump’s comments …  @Politifact “fact checks” the Joint Sessions speech.Biden is excused from responsibility for egg prices due to the bird flu,…
Here We Have Eric Swalwell Posting a Cringe Video That Backfires Into a Sea of Mockery
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2025/03/09/here-we-have-eri…a-cringe-video-that-backfires-into-a-sea-of-mockery-n2186450
– Politifact? Where's y'all gone?…
Maddow Attack on Musk Goes Down in Flames With Surprise Assist From Politifact
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/02/14/maddow-story-about-musk-and-tesla-government-contract-n2185593
– Even Politifact busted the story, indicating it was just a bid solicitation.In a statement to PolitiFact, the State Department confirmed…
WATCH: Maddow's Weaselly Response to Being Wrong on Elon and US Gov't Buying Teslas
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/02/15/rachel-maddow-tesla-update-n2185639
– Except of course, as we reported, it was 100 percent horse hockey: In a statement to PolitiFact, the State Department confirmed…
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?…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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.…
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…
Lie-Able Sources Podcast: Unpacking Media Meltdowns and Outrage Over Selective Censorship
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/10/05/the-lie-able-sour…of-media-meltdowns-and-selective-censorship-outrage-n2180171
– Maddow having a gaslighting segment about Trump and Vance wanting to censor Americans, and also a display of desperation from Politifact…
The Latest Remmy Nominees: Font Violations, Charismatic Assassinations, Marriage Negotiations & Bozo
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/09/30/the-fractured-med…matic-assassinations-marriage-negotiations-and-bozo-n2179966
– Politifact even addressed this quote from the GOP running mate but did so in trademark style. … He was referring to four more years of a Donald Trump presidency, but the clip excluded the context. https://t.co/ruwKyGBwt6— PolitiFact … (@PolitiFact) September 24, 2024The Salad Shooter Commemorative Plaque for Distinguished Linguistics (Worst Quotes)Nicolle Wallace…
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…
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…
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.…
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.…
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…
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.…
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…
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