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
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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