Media Bias/Fact Check

The code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network IFCN at Poynter is a series of commitments organizations abide by to promote excellence in fact-checking. The following fact checks come from IFCN fact checkers. (D. Van Zandt) Claim by Facebook posts: Quotes Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez as saying private truck drivers are [...]

RIGHT BIAS These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward conservative causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports and omit reporting of information that may [...]

The code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network IFCN at Poynter is a series of commitments organizations abide by to promote excellence in fact-checking. The following fact checks come from IFCN fact checkers. (D. Van Zandt) Claim by Bernie Sanders: “In 2014 … in McDowell County, W.Va., one of the poorest counties [...]

By KEN DOCTOR @ Nieman Lab A combined GannHouse (Gatenet?) would own 1 out of every 6 daily newspapers in America. The goal? Buy two or three more years to figure out how to make money in digital. The deal isn’t yet finished. But I’m told by multiple sources that there are no major stumbling blocks left to negotiate in a megamerger between [...]

The code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network IFCN at Poynter is a series of commitments organizations abide by to promote excellence in fact-checking. The following fact checks come from IFCN fact checkers. (D. Van Zandt) Claim by Facebook posts: Says George H.W. Bush once said “If the American People ever find out [...]

The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to table a resolution from Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, to impeach President Donald Trump over racist comments he made about four congresswomen of color, effectively killing the measure. Wednesday’s vote marked the first time the Democratic-controlled chamber has weighed in on impeachment, an issue [...]

The House is slated to vote later Wednesday on whether to immediately consider articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, the first barometer of efforts to remove the president considered by the full Democrat-led House. The move, forced by a Democratic lawmaker from Texas who used a procedural mechanism that required action within two days, is [...]

The code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network IFCN at Poynter is a series of commitments organizations abide by to promote excellence in fact-checking. The following fact checks come from IFCN fact checkers. (D. Van Zandt) Claim by Donald Trump: “Food Stamp participation hits 10 year low.” PolitiFact rating: True [...]

The code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network IFCN at Poynter is a series of commitments organizations abide by to promote excellence in fact-checking. The following fact checks come from IFCN fact checkers. (D. Van Zandt) Claim by Donna Campbell: “A study was done, a post-mortem, so a retrospective study done, [...]

President Trump on Monday afternoon defended his tweets the day before urging Democratic women of color to go back to the “broken and crime infested” countries they came from, telling reporters, “These are people that hate our country.” When asked if he was concerned that many saw his comments as racist, Trump [...]