Fact-checking fact-checkers

Kayla Sargent | December 22, 2020

So-called “fact”-checking websites often jump at any chance they get to attempt to prove President Donald Trump wrong. But they aren’t so eager to fact-check themselves.

Reuters fact-checked a Nov. 19 tweet from President Donald Trump but…

Alec Schemmel | December 15, 2020

Facebook has said that its fact-checkers are selected and certified through a so-called “non-partisan” organization. That’s not true. It was recently revealed that a prominent staffer is openly biased and supports former Democrat presidential…

Alec Schemmel | December 8, 2020

Fact-checkers who rely on communist Chinese information should throw their credentials out the window. Even CNN proves that point.

Facebook fact-checker PolitiFact produced eight fact-checks that either used or relied on World Health…

Kayla Sargent | December 7, 2020

A fact-checking website may not even be able to properly check the facts in its own articles when the facts don’t line up with its narrative. 

FactCheck.org, which  partners with Facebook to fact-check articles and social media…

Heather Moon | November 30, 2020

Facebook’s latest faulty “fact check” shows how little regard the company has for facts or experts. 

Facebook added a USA Today “fact check” to a post of a Just Facts study that investigated non-citizens voting in battleground states…

Alec Schemmel | November 6, 2020

New member of the Daily Wire, Candace Owens, announced that she has filed a lawsuit against Facebook fact-checkers Lead Stories and USA Today for censoring American’s free speech.

“Yes, Mr. Zuckerberg, you’ve been trying to hide behind…