It was perfect that PolitiFact would choose April Fools Day to pluck out a “fact check” from the March 26 House hearing with the CEOs of PBS and NPR. The biggest “Pants On Fire” lie in that proceeding was these CEOs declaring they were unbiased and nonpartisan. That ignored every example that the Republican members of Congress provided, as well as from witness Mike Gonzalez of the Heritage Foundation.
PBS CEO Paula Kerger and NPR CEO Katherine Maher have NO page at PolitiFact. In fact, none of the PBS News Hour anchors and reporters have a page on PolitiFact. In fact, PBS News has a partnership with PolitiFact, where their “fact checks” are reposted on the News Hour website.
Instead of choosing the most obvious lie, PolitiFact’s Grace Abels – the “staff writer focused on LGBTQ issues” – threw a “False” rating at Rep. Marjorie Taylor…
