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| − | '''PolitiFact''' is a [[website]] that attempts to present non-biased fact checking on claims made by [[candidate]]s in the lead up to an [[election]]. The [[Mainstream Media]] calls the group a "neutral arbiter", but the facts are often skewed to a [[liberal]]'s advantage. In 2010, 39% of Republican statements were "Pants on fire" or "False" compared with just 12% of Democrat statements. <ref>[http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/smartpolitics/2011/02/selection_bias_politifact_rate.php Selection Bias? PolitiFact Rates Republican Statements as False at 3 Times the Rate of Democrats, Smart Politics, February 10, 2011]</ref> | + | '''PolitiFact''' is a [[website]] that attempts to present non-biased fact checking on claims made by [[candidate]]s in the lead up to an [[election]]. The [[Mainstream Media]] calls the group a "neutral arbiter", but the facts are often skewed to a [[liberal]]'s advantage. In 2010, 39% of Republican statements were "Pants on fire" or "False" compared with just 12% of Democrat statements.<ref>[http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/smartpolitics/2011/02/selection_bias_politifact_rate.php Selection Bias? PolitiFact Rates Republican Statements as False at 3 Times the Rate of Democrats, Smart Politics, February 10, 2011]</ref> |
{{cquote|PolitiFact.com is a project of the ''Tampa Bay Times'' to help you find the truth in Washington and the Obama presidency.}} | {{cquote|PolitiFact.com is a project of the ''Tampa Bay Times'' to help you find the truth in Washington and the Obama presidency.}} | ||
==Questionable Results== | ==Questionable Results== | ||
| − | Due to their fake non-partisanship, non-biased stance and their use of Democrats as fact checkers, results are not trustworthy. Politifact statements are recycled by the lamestream whether truthful or not. <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matt-hadro/2012/04/11/cnn-uses-bogus-politifact-rating-discredit-romney-campaign-claim CNN Uses Bogus PolitiFact Rating to Discredit Romney Campaign Claim, Newsbusters.org, April 11, 2012]</ref> [[Mitt Romney]] calls for a Politifact correction. <ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/04/13/romney-puts-politifact-on-ropes ROMNEY PUTS POLITIFACT ON ROPES, Breitbart.com, April 15, 2012]</ref> Politifact claims there is no doubt that humans are responsible for [[Global Warming]]. <ref>[http://thehill.com/component/content/article/677-e2-wire/176839-politifact-little-dispute-about-climate-science, PolitiFact counters GOP claim, says ‘little dispute’ on science of climate change, August 18, 2011]</ref> PolitiFact gave the biggest "lie of the year" for 2009 to [[Sarah Palin]] for saying [[Obamacare]] has death panels. <ref>[http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2009/dec/18/politifact-lie-year-death-panels/ PolitiFact's Lie of the Year: 'Death panels']</ref> | + | Due to their fake non-partisanship, non-biased stance and their use of Democrats as fact checkers, results are not trustworthy. Politifact statements are recycled by the lamestream whether truthful or not.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matt-hadro/2012/04/11/cnn-uses-bogus-politifact-rating-discredit-romney-campaign-claim CNN Uses Bogus PolitiFact Rating to Discredit Romney Campaign Claim, Newsbusters.org, April 11, 2012]</ref> [[Mitt Romney]] calls for a Politifact correction.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/04/13/romney-puts-politifact-on-ropes ROMNEY PUTS POLITIFACT ON ROPES, Breitbart.com, April 15, 2012]</ref> Politifact claims there is no doubt that humans are responsible for [[Global Warming]].<ref>[http://thehill.com/component/content/article/677-e2-wire/176839-politifact-little-dispute-about-climate-science, PolitiFact counters GOP claim, says ‘little dispute’ on science of climate change, August 18, 2011]</ref> PolitiFact gave the biggest "lie of the year" for 2009 to [[Sarah Palin]] for saying [[Obamacare]] has death panels.<ref>[http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2009/dec/18/politifact-lie-year-death-panels/ PolitiFact's Lie of the Year: 'Death panels']</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 07:09, June 27, 2016
PolitiFact is a website that attempts to present non-biased fact checking on claims made by candidates in the lead up to an election. The Mainstream Media calls the group a "neutral arbiter", but the facts are often skewed to a liberal's advantage. In 2010, 39% of Republican statements were "Pants on fire" or "False" compared with just 12% of Democrat statements.[1]
| “ | PolitiFact.com is a project of the Tampa Bay Times to help you find the truth in Washington and the Obama presidency. | ” |
Questionable Results
Due to their fake non-partisanship, non-biased stance and their use of Democrats as fact checkers, results are not trustworthy. Politifact statements are recycled by the lamestream whether truthful or not.[2] Mitt Romney calls for a Politifact correction.[3] Politifact claims there is no doubt that humans are responsible for Global Warming.[4] PolitiFact gave the biggest "lie of the year" for 2009 to Sarah Palin for saying Obamacare has death panels.[5]
References
- ↑ Selection Bias? PolitiFact Rates Republican Statements as False at 3 Times the Rate of Democrats, Smart Politics, February 10, 2011
- ↑ CNN Uses Bogus PolitiFact Rating to Discredit Romney Campaign Claim, Newsbusters.org, April 11, 2012
- ↑ ROMNEY PUTS POLITIFACT ON ROPES, Breitbart.com, April 15, 2012
- ↑ PolitiFact counters GOP claim, says ‘little dispute’ on science of climate change, August 18, 2011
- ↑ PolitiFact's Lie of the Year: 'Death panels'