Every once in a while, the “fact-checkers” at PolitiFact publish reader comments, and this one stuck out: “Your site seems to be mostly about Trump all the time,” read one comment. “How about a little less Trump, and write more about any other falsehood subjects?”
PolitiFact’s audience chief Ellen Hine acknowledged they’ve published over 1,000 “fact checks” on President Donald Trump — 1,124, to be precise. But then she trotted out the false claim that their targeting is nonpartisan: “Without keeping count, we try to select facts to check from all sides of the political spectrum. At the same time, we more often fact-check the party that holds power or people who repeatedly make attention-getting or misleading statements.”
That “without keeping count” is an obvious excuse. Anyone who attempts to count what they’re doing will quickly realize they’re very partisan in their targeting — and in their ratings on truth and falsehood.
In the first five months of 2025, PolitiFact performed 68 “Truth-O-Meter” fact checks on Republicans to just 23 on Democrats. Even so, this website found the Republicans “Mostly False,” “False” or “Pants on Fire” liars in 85% of those articles, while the Democrats landed on the false side only 39%.
But let’s focus on presidents. From Jan. 1 through Oct. 22, Trump landed on the False side of the “Truth-O-Meter” 50 out of 54 times, or 92.5% of the time. The other four were “Half True” ratings, meaning he was rated “True” or “Mostly True” on zero...
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