Never call PolitiFact an “independent fact-checker.”
It is every bit as liberal and biased as its fans in the liberal media. Recently, it announced it had published its 1,000th “fact-check” of former President Donald Trump.
“American fact-checkers have never encountered a politician who shares Trump’s disregard for factual accuracy,” it proclaimed. “Ever since he descended the escalator at Trump Tower in 2015, we have encountered a fire hose of claims.”
In those 1,000 checks, PolitiFact tagged Trump on its “Truth-O-Meter” as “Mostly False,” “False,” or “Pants on Fire” in 757 of them (75.7%). Trump was found “True” or “Mostly True” in only 121 checks (12.1%).
Former President Barack Obama is currently in second in the “fact-check” count with 603. PolitiFact was founded in 2007, when Obama was running for president. Trump…
