PolitiFact

Poynter Institute run "fact checker".

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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.

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Episode 1712 of XKCD featured PolitiFact .