More and more, major news outlets are relying on “fact checkers” to, allegedly, ensure that the news is factual, sources are reliable, and statements are accurate.

In theory, this is admirable. In practice, it has proven to be simply another opportunity for the media to push their leftist agenda.

Fact checking groups — such as PolitiFact — routinely cast judgments while failing to disclose their own left-wing bias. Their allies in the media try to cast these groups as neutral third parties when, in fact, they are card-carrying members of the liberal echo chamber.

It’s no wonder that the public has so little faith in the fact-checkers. A 2016 Rasmussen poll found that an astonishing 62% of American voters think the fact-check-ers are biased.

The Media Research Center is flipping the script on these faux-fact-checkers. It’s time to turn the tables and give the public the real facts.

 

WashPost Skips Pinocchios for Omar on CAIR, Adds Nutty Bush 'Context'

Half Baked Half Baked
The Washington Post "Fact Checker" completely avoided any Pinocchios for a fact-mangling Democrat again. That's because the liberals at the Post were upset at the conservative outrage that Rep. Ilhan Omar said "some people did something" on 9/11. The "fact" squad actually defended Omar by comparing her to President George W. Bush's speeches in the days after 9/11. In a speech at a CAIR fundraiser…
Tim Graham
April 12th, 2019 7:03 AM
 

AP Fact Checkers Flag Beto on Climate Doomsaying; Doomsayers Cry Foul

Slightly Skewed Slightly Skewed
One of the inherent problems with "fact checking" is the nagging tendency to "fact check" the future, which journalists should agree is not yet factual. AP Fact Check was attacked from the Left by the site Think Progress over predictions on global warming. But none of these predictions are facts! They're "guess-checking." Politicians can mischaracterize predictions, but there are no "facts" about…
Tim Graham
March 22nd, 2019 2:35 PM
 

Hillary Tagged for 'Pants on Fire' Lie in Selma; Most Media Mum

The Real Deal The Real Deal
Something weird happened on March 6. Both PolitiFact and The Washington Post flagged Hillary Clinton for a lie -- she was both rated "Pants on Fire" and "Four PInocchios" -- for claiming Wisconsin voters were "turned away" by the thousands in 2016 because of race. Then something less weird happened -- most of the media ignored the lie. 
Tim Graham
March 11th, 2019 6:07 PM
 

Snopes.com: NOT True That Man Sold His Testicles for Bernie Sanders!

Half Baked Half Baked
Twitchy asks an obvious question: Why does Snopes.com "keep doing fact-checking articles nobody thinks are real, especially one with easy-to-find disclaimers?" The latest example of Snopes feeling the need to do a "satire check" is a doozy:  “Did a Brave Millennial Sell His Testicles to Raise Money for Bernie’s 2020 Campaign?” If you wonder if this could be true, you should probably not be voting…
Tim Graham
March 11th, 2019 7:07 AM
 

PolitiFact: Rick Scott 'False' for Citing Actual Green New Deal Paper

Deeply Distorted Deeply Distorted
The “fact checkers” keep sounding like they’re merely doing aggressive spin for the Democrats. On February 25, PolitiFact flagged Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) as “False” for writing in an Orlando Sentinel op-ed that the Green New Deal has a goal of “ending air travel.”
Tim Graham
March 3rd, 2019 7:51 AM
 

PolitiFact Flags Trump as 'False' for Hyping Northam's Abortion Stance

Half Baked Half Baked
Liberal "fact checkers" are very sensitive about late-term abortion. On Wednesday, PolitiFact rated President Trump as "False" because he said Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam "stated that he would even allow a newborn baby to come out into the world... then talk to the mother and talk to the father and then execute the baby." The sensitive word there is "execute." Northam didn't say "execute."…
Tim Graham
February 22nd, 2019 10:35 PM
 

PolitiFact Hates Limbaugh Worse Than Trump, Cries 'False' on Climate

Deeply Distorted Deeply Distorted
PolitiFact doesn't always apply neutral headlines in its "fact checks," as in this whopper from Monday: "Scientists’ response to Rush Limbaugh’s climate denial: ‘utter nonsense’." Over the years, PolitiFact has flagged Limbaugh on the "False" side almost 85 percent of the time -- which is even worse than Donald Trump's 69 percent "Mostly False" or worse percentage in 2017-18. 
Tim Graham
February 20th, 2019 11:56 AM
 

PolitiFact Rules Vermont Bishop Is Legally 'True,' But 'Mostly False'

Deeply Distorted Deeply Distorted
One way the "independent fact-checkers" damage their own credibility is by admitting a statement is "true," but by applying loads of context, it's actually "false." PolitiFact declared a Catholic bishop in Vermont as "Mostly False," even as they admitted what he said about an abortion-on-demand bill was "true in a strict legal sense."
Tim Graham
February 20th, 2019 8:46 AM
 

WashPost Gives Liz Cheney 3 Pinocchios for Whacking Green New Deal

Deeply Distorted Deeply Distorted
The Washington Post Fact Checker squad sent Rep. Liz Cheney a nasty valentine on February 14, throwing a Three Pinocchios flag for speculation that the Democrats want to outlaw plane travel and cars. Fact-checkers generally can't help but clumsily apply a liberal bias in deciding who gets "Pinocchios" and who is "Pants on Fire." On the same Green New Deal documents, the Post's fact police gave…
Tim Graham
February 16th, 2019 8:54 PM
 

WashPost Gives Kamala 4 Pinocchios for Trump's 'Middle-Class Tax Hike'

The Real Deal The Real Deal
Washington Post "Fact Checker" Glenn Kessler let a Democrat presidential candidate have it, the full "Four Pinocchios" rating -- for Sen. Kamala Harris claiming Trump's tax cut was actually a "middle-class tax hike." Now will she be asked about it by other reporters? 
Tim Graham
February 14th, 2019 12:12 PM
 

WashPost Fact Squad Gently Taps Ilhan Omar With '2 Pinocchios'

Deeply Distorted Deeply Distorted
The Washington Post "Fact Checker" has thrown a penalty flag at freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D.-Minn.), but not about her scandalous chatter about Israel. It's about wages paid at McDonald's. She mangled her numbers badly -- by as much as 300 percent -- but chief "Fact Checker" Glenn Kessler only rated this as "2 Pinocchios," or "half true." Half?
Tim Graham
February 12th, 2019 2:41 PM
 

WashPost Fact Checker Hides the Pinocchios for Team Ocasio-Cortez

Deeply Distorted Deeply Distorted
The Washington Post Fact Checker page has a habit of “hiding the Pinocchios” for Democrats when liberal staffers aggressively engage them. This happened again early Monday with the much-mocked Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talking points for the “Green New Deal.” Post “fact checker” Salvador Rizzo admitted the new congresswoman and her supporters misled the public, but they were “walked back,” so "we…
Tim Graham
February 11th, 2019 2:16 PM
 

The Most Fractured 'Fact Checks' of the State of the Union

Half Baked Half Baked
Liberal journalists like Brian Stelter touted a Trump State of the Union speech as a "Super Bowl for fact checkers." This didn't used to be the case when Obama was president.But several "fact checks" flopped badly.
Tim Graham
February 6th, 2019 3:16 PM
 

Snopes Claims It's 'Unproven' Nathan Philllips Lied About Vietnam War

Fully Fake Fully Fake
Peter Hasson at the Daily Caller reported the liberal “fact checking” website Snopes.com acted like it couldn’t find the facts on Indian activist Nathan Phillips lying about serving in Vietnam. Snopes phrased it this way on their home page: “Did Nathan Phillips Falsely Claim He Was a Vietnam Veteran? Nuances frequently get lost amidst social media uproar and hastily filed news reports.” But it’s…
Tim Graham
January 26th, 2019 7:41 AM