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A Facebook post warning about the dangers of the drug fentanyl makes a credible case about the danger it poses but overstates a key statistic.

Andrew Kerr at the Daily Caller reported that PolitiFact posted an Editor's Note on May 17 quietly retracting a "Pants On Fire" it gave to Tucker Carlson last September for a supposedly "

PolitiFact insists that they are nonpartisan fact checkers. “The PolitiFact agenda is – don’t take sides with any politician or party,” claimed editor Angie Drobnic Holan. “We’re independent and [...]

Font Size PolitiFact insists that they are nonpartisan fact checkers. “The PolitiFact agenda is – don’t take sides with any politician or party,” claimed editor Angie Drobnic Holan. “We’re independent and we work hard to find the truth. So we follow the facts wherever they take us, regardless of who made the claim.” That claim is not factual. A new study by the Media Research Center finds that four years ago, PolitiFact offered 52 fact checks with a “Truth-O-Meter” ruling of Donald Trump in his first 100 days (January 20 to April 30, 2017), while in the same pe...

  Share Source: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky A new study found that one prominent fact-checker is giving President Joe Biden more leeway with misleading statements than former President Donald Trump was afforded. The Media Research Center (MRC) found that the fact-checker has offered minimal accountability for the Biden administration. Though they claim to not side with “any politician or party,” their work says otherwise.  “A new study by the Media Research Center finds that four years ago, PolitiFact offered 52 fact checks with a 'Truth-O-Meter' ruling of Donald Trump in his first 100...