Search results for "politifact"
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4.7KAnalysisPolitifact ‘fact check’ of Live Action’s decade-old investigation: Heavy on propaganda, low on facts
A so-called ‘fact check’ from Politifact this week responded to a July 16 Instagram post from Live Action which pointed out how...
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3.1KAbortion PillIs Politifact’s ‘fact check’ of Live Action posts on abortion pill deaths biased?
A Politifact “fact check” is claiming that two Live Action Instagram posts allegedly “mischaracterized” the deaths of 28 women linked to the...
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2.2KFact ChecksPolitifact ‘fact check’ misleads about use of late abortion in Colorado
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis recently signed a bill into law that guarantees a (false) right to abortion — even late abortions through...
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1.8KFact ChecksPolitifact confirms Wisconsin governor gave Planned Parenthood millions in COVID-19 relief
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers awarded multiple Planned Parenthood locations a collective $2.4 million, resurrecting legal questions surrounding the distribution of federal funds. More...
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3.7KAnalysisPolitiFact’s abortion ‘expert’ spreads debunked illegal abortion statistics
Carole Joffe, a former abortionist recently cited by PolitiFact, has claimed that illegal abortion deaths prior to Roe v. Wade were caused by “inept”...
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PolitiFact misleads with ‘half true’ rating on claim that Roe v. Wade ended abortion deaths
PolitiFact’s recent “half true” rating fact checking the claim that “Roe was the end of women dying from abortions” is misleading. The...
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7.3KAnalysisPolitiFact confirms veracity of report on UCSF’s harvesting of body parts while labeling it ‘false’
On July 16, PolitiFact’s Sasha Hupka published a so-called “fact check” addressing a recent Live Action News article and associated Live Action...
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7.2KAnalysisWill Politifact fact check itself after claiming Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger wasn’t racist?
Over the years, the left-leaning fact-checking website Politifact has denied that Planned Parenthood is an abortion business, has claimed abortion survivors are adequately...
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3.5KAnalysisPolitifact claims abortion survivors are adequately protected. The facts tell a different story.
North Carolina lawmakers tried to put protections in place for abortion survivors earlier this year, with Senate Bill 359, the “Born Alive...
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3.9KFact ChecksPolitiFact says TRUE: Planned Parenthood is America’s largest abortion provider
PolitiFact’s Wisconsin branch at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recently fact checked the claim that “Planned Parenthood is the biggest abortion provider in...
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3.3KFact ChecksWhile ‘fact-checking’ Congressman Duffy, PolitiFact misses the point…again
PolitiFact advertises itself with the slogan, “Fact-checking U.S. politics.” But what the group does all too often is share its own opinions...
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3.2KFact ChecksPolitiFact chastises Planned Parenthood for misleading GOP attack ads
The fact-checking website PolitiFact has a troubled accuracy record in covering abortion stories, but on Tuesday it accurately chastised Planned Parenthood Votes...
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PolitiFact’s abortion “fact-checking” is really political hackery
When we last checked PolitiHack’s… er… PolitiFact’s “fact-checking” on abortion, we found they were actually cherry-picking numbers to falsely deny that the country’s opinion on...
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“PolitiFact”: Because “PolitiCherryPickers” didn’t sound quite as trustworthy
Reminder: the field of supposedly objective, dedicated “fact-checkers” is mostly a disreputable, biased racket. On Sunday, PolitiFact slapped a “False” rating on...
