Tag Archives: Politifact

Why Politifact is a Joke

Posted on December 12, 2012 at 1:40 pm by JM Ashby

This is why I will never cite Politifact even if they post something that is accurate. Even though, by their own admission, President Obama actually has signed the UN convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, they still label … Continue reading →

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Another Infuriating Politifact Blunder

Posted on May 13, 2012 at 9:16 am by Bob Cesca

Politifact reported that the Obama administration was “screening unborn babies as part of its security process” and reported that it was “mostly false.” Mostly??

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Not Good Enough, Politifact

Posted on February 27, 2012 at 1:24 pm by Bob Cesca

Politifact has walked back their ruling on Marco Rubio’s “a majority of Americans are conservative” statement after Maddow debunked it using Politifact’s own facts. PolitiFact has revised its piece from Feb. 14, which found U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s contention that … Continue reading →

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'PolitiFact, You Are A Disaster'

Posted on February 20, 2012 at 9:21 am by Bob Cesca

As a reliable fact-checking service — one of only two — Politifact has utterly crashed and burned. Their latest trespass involves a quote by Marco Rubio claiming that a majority of Americans are conservative. Not true. At all. So what … Continue reading →

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Another Non-Fact Fact Check

Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:09 am by Bob Cesca

Guess who? Politifact. Jared Bernstein caught a doozy from their fact-check of last night’s State of the Union. The president: “In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than three million jobs. Last year, they created the most jobs … Continue reading →

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When Fact Checking Gets Snarky

Posted on January 24, 2012 at 7:27 am by Bob Cesca

Politifact has issues. Not only have they displayed a penchant for the both-sides-meme, but now they’re getting smarmy about it. This for example. They posted a ridiculously smug “quiz” to see if you can tell the difference between the president’s … Continue reading →

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WSJ: Politifact Was Wrong

Posted on January 4, 2012 at 3:30 pm by JM Ashby

Contrary to popular belief, it was the Wall Street Journal that originally claimed Paul Ryan’s “Path to Poverty” would effectively kill Medicare. Fact-checking organization Politifact however chose to assign that accusation to the Democratic Party after Democratic politicians began repeating … Continue reading →

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Fact Checking the Fact Checkers

Posted on December 20, 2011 at 1:28 pm by Bob Cesca

In my quest to find neutral arbiters of the truth, I was growing increasingly satisfied with Politifact’s record of fact-checking. They seemed quite thorough and diligent, and their reporting is more constant than the occasional article by FactCheck.org. But, as … Continue reading →

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