Fact-checkers and the fibs they catch
A Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA) study finds that the Poynter/St. Petersburg Times-run PolitiFact.com rates Republican claims as false twice as often as Democratic claims, while the Washington Post’s Fact Checker faults the two parties about equally.
CMPA President Dr Robert Lichter says that shows “media fact-checking involves subjective judgments, just like any other form of journalism. Voters must still decide for themselves which ‘facts’ they trust.”
* Fact-checkers disagree on who lies the most (cmpa.com)
