by Sydney Smith on Jan 29, 2012
PolitiFact Oregon Reverses a Ruling, Corrects Claim about Party Endorsement
PolitiFact Oregon corrected its Jan. 18 ruling that "Republican Rob Cornilles had the endorsements of a variety of local mayors,...
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by Sydney Smith on May 27, 2011
AJR on Fact Checking’s Importance
American Journalism Review reported on the "rise of the fact-checking movement" and noted its significance in politics. AJR's report advocated...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 27, 2011
CJR Fact-Checks PolitiFact
Columbia Journalism Review has stepped in as one of the latest to fact check the fact checkers at PolitiFact. A...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 22, 2011
Wall Street Journal Reporter Wins Pulitzer for Criticizing PolitiFact
PolitiFact Bias, a blog that focuses on "showing PolitiFact's liberal slant, highlighted the Wall Street Journal's James Rago's editorial writing...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 21, 2011
PolitiFact Expert Source Boycotts PolitiFact Fact Checking Calls For Help From Reporters
Michael Cannon, who has been used as a source for PolitiFact's health care reform fact-checks, announced that he is boycotting...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 08, 2011
Rachel Maddow Contests Politifact Fact Check Ruling
MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show and fact-checking organization Politifact had a disagreement last month over one of Politifact's recent fact...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 07, 2011
Fact Checking the Fact Checkers
There's a new blog, "PolitiFact Bias," which is fact checking the fact checkers, PolitiFact. The site appears to have only...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 24, 2011
PolitiFact Publishes “Procedures & Principles” for Its Fact Checking
PolitiFact, which ABC News used to fact check its Sunday morning show, This Week, published its "procedures and principles" for...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 26, 2010
Wisconsin Fact Check Site Politifact Wisconsin Criticized
Wisconsin news and opinion blog Forward Lookout called out PolitiFact Wisconsin. Forward Lookout criticized the PolitiFact site for having weak...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 10, 2010
Arianna Huffington Criticizes Poltifact’s Fact Check of her Statement
Arianna Huffington wrote on The Huffington Post July 5 criticizing Politifact, which fact checks ABC's This Week program, for equivocating...