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Jan 06 2022
Opinion
Fact-Checkers Falsely Claim They Are Fact-Checkers
Defending the ruling regime in Washington is a tough job with a lot of moving parts. To keep everyone on message and to make sure that only the regime’s message is the controlling one in the public square, you need committed politicians, woke multinational corporations, corporate media, and devoutly loyal followers who will echo that message far and wide.
Not all of these echo chambers
The Daily SignalJan 28 2024
News
Fact-Checker Does Head-Spinning Reversal on Biden Hard-Hat Photo
Fact-checking website Snopes got smacked for declaring it “false” that President Joe Biden wore a hard hat backwards in a picture of him hanging out with workers in Superior, Wis. — then did an about-face after a “ton of comments.” The photo went viral among conservative social media posters, sparking the Snopes check, Mediaite reported. The first tweet used in the fact-check was a zoomed in
Newsmax (News)May 14 2020
Analysis
The Animal Fact Checker
THESE DAYS, people are desperate for good news. Cheerful stories about animals reclaiming their territory––elephants roaming free in China, dolphins swimming through the canals in Venice––have gone viral. And then comes Natasha Daly, a reporter and editor for National Geographic, who diligently points out that many of the freewheeling fauna reports are false. She doesn’t like to disappoint
Columbia Journalism ReviewJun 24 2022
Analysis
Thanks a Lot, ‘Fact-Checkers’
When I saw that viral image of a 7-Eleven store and gas station offering both regular and diesel gasoline for $7.11, I figured it had been digitally altered.
Just about everywhere in the country, the cost of a gallon of diesel is almost a dollar more than the cost of a gallon of regular. Even in this current era of “can you believe gas prices these days? They’re crazy!” it would be
National Review (News)Feb 23 2022
Perspectives Blog
6 Ways Fact Checkers are Biased
Last updated May 19, 2023
When conducted properly, fact-checking can be used by the public to cut through the polarization around an issue and get right to the facts. But if you look more closely, many fact checks are biased, imbalanced, or incomplete. Why? Fact checks often exhibit as much bias as regular news articles and analyses. Fact checker bias is revealed by the claims they
AllSides StaffJul 18 2020
Analysis
Environmental Facts vs. Environmental “Fact-Checkers”
Stacey Abrams, who ran for governor of Georgia, and Tom Steyer, who ran for president of the United States, are now trying to run me out of town. Abrams, Steyer, and the leaders of 17 large environmental lobbies recently asked Facebook to ban a research group that I direct—the CO2 Coalition, made up of 55 climate scientists and energy economists.
The annual budgets of these lobbies
RealClearPoliticsMay 23 2021
Analysis
The Rise of Politicized Fact Checkers
With all the talk about vaccine passports, many have pointed out that they seem to violate the spirit of existing law. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act includes a privacy provision. This, according to the CDC, protects “sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient’s consent or knowledge.”
The law is popular because it seems to
RealClearPoliticsFeb 09 2024
News
Biden's Bad Week Gets Worse: CNN Fact Checker Piles on by Thoroughly Debunking Major Claims
When a prominent Democrat loses CNN, they know they’re in trouble. Or at least, they should. Questions about President Joe Biden’s age and mental acuity have been swirling for some time now, but I’ve got to believe that even he knows he’s in rough shape after a CNN fact check noted “three false claims” the president made during Thursday night’s news conference — a conference that even the left
Western Journal