Snopes: Talk Of Hamas Atrocities Might 'Echo Islamophobic Rhetoric'

October 13th, 2023 10:28 AM

Former Al Jazeera producer turned Snopes fact-checker Nur Ibrahim warned on Thursday that discussions of Hamas beheading Israeli babies should be taken with a grain of salt and that “people should be wary of claims that echo Islamophobic rhetoric.”

Fact-Checkers Throttle Posts Claiming Iran Chanted 'Death to America'

October 11th, 2023 11:30 AM

If the fact-checking industry is going to insist that it should be able to throttle social media posts, at the very least, it should fact-check the claims the post is actually making and not straw men because Instagram posts have been deemed misinformation after PolitiFact and the USA Today accused the posters of attributing a 2020 “Death to America” chant in the Iranian parliament to…

WashPost Fact-Butcher Kessler Regurgitates Debunked Inflation Spin

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September 28th, 2023 7:02 PM

Apparently The Washington Post’s in-house fact-butcher Glenn Kessler hasn’t learned his lesson. He regurgitated one of his already-debunked arguments spinning inflation data to protect President Joe Biden.

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NYT Fact-Checkers Defend Biden From Claims He Hides in His Basement

September 28th, 2023 12:26 PM

During Wednesday’s GOP presidential debate, the various reporters at The New York Times assembled to fact-check the various candidates and it did go well as they attacked them everything from “Joe Biden hides in his basement” to Iran to energy to transgenderism.

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Fact-Checkers Line Up To Defend Harris On Florida's History Standards

September 28th, 2023 11:00 AM

During Wednesday’s GOP Presidential Debate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defended his state’s history standards on slavery by labeling criticisms of them a “hoax” that has been perpetrated by Vice President Kamala Harris. Such a defense did not sit well with the fact-checking industry despite DeSantis being correct.

NewsBusters Podcast: Fact-Checking the Fact Checkers with Matt Palumbo

September 20th, 2023 10:24 PM

Matt Palumbo, author of a new book titled Fact Checking the Fact Checkers: How the Left Hijacked and Weaponized the Fact-Checking Industry, joined us to discuss the 2024 presidential campaign and how Big Tech uses the fact checkers to crush conservative communication.

PolitiFact Freaks Out at Claims of Candace Owens Joining 'The View'

September 18th, 2023 12:36 PM

PolitiFact could hire a full-time fact checker just to monitor The View for incredibly inaccurate and silly liberal comments. But they're all liberals, so they won't. Instead, they posted a September 14 fact check of a satirical site that imagined the uproar if black conservative Candace Owens was invited to join the cast. That's about as likely as Joy Behar becoming a Bible-thumper…

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Dale Repeatedly Falsely Claims 'No Public Evidence' Biden Is Corrupt

September 14th, 2023 3:30 PM

CNN’s top fact-checker Daniel Dale co-authored a Wednesday article entitled “Fact-checking McCarthy’s claims while launching Biden impeachment inquiry,” which also earned him an appearance on that afternoon’s CNN News Central. Naturally, Dale’s fact-checking was short on facts and heavy on trying to explain why the controversies surrounding President Biden are not as bad as McCarthy…

Fact-Checkers Falsely State Florida Didn't Ban CRT, Again

August 24th, 2023 10:03 AM

The assortment of online fact-checkers really did not appreciate Republican presidential candidates criticizing Democrats’ extreme abortion policies during their Wednesday debate, but abortion wasn’t the only topic they incorrectly condemned the candidates on. The same cabal of self-appointed guardians of the truth also declared Critical Race Theory to be a made up issue that Republicans,…

'Fact Checkers' WRONGLY Claim Democrats Aren't Extremely Pro-Abortion

August 24th, 2023 8:34 AM

A big moment in the debate discussion on Twitter on Wednesday night was MSNBC host Jen Psaki claiming "No one supports abortion up until birth." That's simply, obviously false if you listen to Democrat politicians or read the 2020 Democrat platform. But "independent fact checkers" rushed to defend the extremist Democrats once again.

PolitiFact Rushes To Biden's Defense On The Chinese Spy Balloon

August 23rd, 2023 11:30 AM

As Republicans prepare for their first primary debate, PolitiFact’s Amy Sherman came running to the defense of President Biden and his China policy on Tuesday, rating former Vice President Mike Pence “mostly false” for claiming Biden sent Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to “kowtow” before Beijing after the spy balloon incident.

PolitiFact Celebrates Birthday By Hyping Devotion To Left-Wing Causes

August 22nd, 2023 12:40 PM

PolitiFact celebrated its 16th birthday on Tuesday and while some may mark the occasion by remembering about that one time they defended President Obama by citing an arms control treaty that went defunct in 1936, author Katie Sanders celebrated by highlighting the website’s devotion to left-wing causes.

Snopes Rushes to Defend Biden, KJP From Fake News on Maui Visit

August 17th, 2023 10:34 AM

The "independent fact-checkers" have a knee-jerk pattern of rushing to the defense of Team Biden. They're not always wrong about the facts. But their selection bias is obvious.

PolitiFact Rates DeSantis 'Mostly False' For True Statement About CRT

August 15th, 2023 10:25 AM

Florida Governor and 2024 GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis recently declared that “we’ve eliminated Critical Race Theory in our K through 12 schools.” It was a rather simple statement, but was true, but yet, PolitiFact's Samantha Putterman still rated it “mostly false” on Monday.