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'''PolitiFact''' is run by the [[Poynter Institute]].
 
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==Reversal on COVID-19 Origins==
 
==Reversal on COVID-19 Origins==
 
In October 2020, PolitiFact headlined an article "[[Tucker Carlson]] guest airs debunked [[conspiracy theory]] that [[COVID-19 was created in a lab]]." In 2021, however, they issued a "correction", reversing that claim.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/politifact-quietly-admits-covid-19-lab-escape-not-debunked-conspiracy-theory</ref>
 
In October 2020, PolitiFact headlined an article "[[Tucker Carlson]] guest airs debunked [[conspiracy theory]] that [[COVID-19 was created in a lab]]." In 2021, however, they issued a "correction", reversing that claim.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/politifact-quietly-admits-covid-19-lab-escape-not-debunked-conspiracy-theory</ref>

Revision as of 13:27, 5 September 2021

PolitiFact was one of many "fact checkers" which consistently erred on the side of engendering COVID-19 Panic in its reporting about COVID-19.
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Started: 2007
Founder: Tampa Bay Times

Constitutes: Fact checking website

Main focus: “Fake News”

PolitiFact is run by the Poynter Institute.

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Reversal on COVID-19 Origins

In October 2020, PolitiFact headlined an article "Tucker Carlson guest airs debunked conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was created in a lab." In 2021, however, they issued a "correction", reversing that claim.[1]

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Episode 1712 of XKCD featured PolitiFact .[2]

 

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