Every four years Iffy.news compiles PolitiFact-checks (with permission) to rate the veracity of political people. We convert their fact-checks into credibility scores, comparing pols, pundits, PACS…| Iffy.news
Last updated Jan. 12, 2024 Fact-checking journalism is the heart of PolitiFact. Our core principles are independence, tr| @politifact
PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.| www.politifact.com
PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.| www.politifact.com
Mainstream media contributes significantly to the infectious spread of conspiracy fantasies. But it could hold the cure.| Iffy.news
Social media’s malgorithms spread lies and hate. The platforms are unwilling and probably unable to change.| Iffy.news
When debunkers link to fake-news stories, they do more harm than good. There’s a right way and wrong way to cite unreliable sources. Most publishers use the latter.| Iffy.news
This last of a three-parter compares the PolitiFact credibility of groups making political claims. The most truthful: comedians. The least: social media.| Iffy.news
Part two of the series, that turns PolitiFact-checks into credibility scores, calculates the truth ratings of people in the past three presidential administrations.| Iffy.news
Using PolitiFact-checks, we can compare the credibility of candidates and determine, from past elections, if voters tend to pick the more truthful candidate. (They do.)| Iffy.news