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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 | + | '''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== | ||
Revision as of 18:17, October 15, 2015
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'