Factcheck.org may be the least offensive of all the fact-checking websites, but that is a low bar as it still has issues with case selection, but managing editor Lori Robertson claimed on C-SPAN’s Sunday edition of Washington Journal that they do not.
Host and Atlanta Journal Constitution Washington correspondent Tia Mitchell summed up a caller’s question to Robertson, “So, I guess my question, what Greg is asking is, do you fact-check both sides? Like, are there equal amount of fact-checking when people criticize President Trump, for example?”
Robertson claimed the answer was “absolutely” and “We aim to spend an equal amount of time reviewing claims made by Republicans and Democrats and apply the same standards for accuracy to those claims. So, I mean, you can definitely find stories on our website about things that former President…
