PolitiFact
Sorting out the truth in politics
Website http://www.politifact.com
Find Your News Listing https://findyournews.org/organization/politifact/
Tagline Sorting out the truth in politics
Mission PolitiFact exposes political misinformation that threatens our democracy and provides accurate information to citizens.
About Our Journalism Each day, PolitiFact journalists look for statements to fact-check. We read transcripts, speeches, news stories, press releases, and campaign brochures. We watch TV and scan social media. Readers send us suggestions via email to [email protected]; we often fact-check statements submitted by readers. Because we can’t feasibly check all claims, we select the most newsworthy and significant ones. In deciding which statements to check, we consider these questions: • Is the statement rooted in a fact that is verifiable? We don’t check opinions, and we recognize that in the world of speechmaking and political rhetoric, there is license for hyperbole. • Does the statement seem misleading or sound wrong? • Is the statement significant? We avoid minor “”gotchas”” on claims that are obviously a slip of the tongue. • Is the statement likely to be passed on and repeated by others? • Would a typical person hear or read the statement and wonder: Is that true?
City St Petersburg
State / Region Florida
Country United States
Places Covered Florida
Topics Campaigns and elections, Government, Misinformation, Politics, Voting access and rights
Reach National
Year Founded 2007