Conservative frustration with fact checkers grows after several dubious PolitiFact articles in one week Conservative frustration with fact-checkers continues to grow after a number of dubious PolitiFact articles, penned in just the last week, sparked outrage from media critics and right-leaning Twitter users. Since October 1, PolitiFact has released four fact-checks quickly contested by critics, with some doubling-down on claims that fact-checking websites frequently act as shields for the Democratic Party, with partisan intentions. On Wednesday, PolitiFact’s Warren Fiske rated a claim from Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Va., who recently alleged that Democrats "suggested that the [2016] election was stolen." Youngkin’s claim was rated only "half-true" and Fiske shot down the governor’s argument, writing that it was important to note that Democrats did not question the "actual counting" of ballots in 2016, or that Trump had won the election. Fiske acknowledged that several high-profile Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, had questioned the legitimacy of Trump's win. But, he argued, such skepticism was different from saying the election was actually "stolen." Speaking with Fox News Digital, conservative KTTH radio host Jason Rantz pushed back on the idea that PolitFact could even be considered a fact-checking organization, calling them Democratic Party activists who have chosen to weaponize what should be truly objective analysis. "They routinely ‘fact check’ in bad faith, purposefully taking comments either out of context to make a point or willfully misinterpret comments so that they can rate them false. It's also about their choices on what to fact-check. They will take a meaningless comment from a Democrat to fact check (Joe Biden said his favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla when it's really vanilla bean, so we rate this somewhat false) so they can claim they hold both sides to account," he said. Rantz also said that PolitiFact is one of the most "transparently partisan" websites available, often used by left-wing media to amplify political propaganda.
Right leaning Twitter users? everyone knows the election was done wrong, there's proof if only a judge would see it. Three equal branches of gov't are supposed to check each other. Every Judge acts as if they were under orders, protecting national security?
Hillary conceded the next day, pretending that she made claims similar to Trump is the reason why Cons hate facts. Without lying and misinformation, Cons have nothing to run on.