{"id":1793034,"date":"2023-01-02T14:05:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T19:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1793034"},"modified":"2023-01-02T14:05:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T19:05:28","slug":"politifacts-covid-fact-checker-revealed-to-have-zero-scientific-or-medical-background","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politifacts-covid-fact-checker-revealed-to-have-zero-scientific-or-medical-background\/","title":{"rendered":"PolitiFact\u2019s COVID Fact-Checker Revealed to Have Zero Scientific or Medical Background"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolitifacts-covid-fact-checker-revealed-to-have-zero-scientific-or-medical-background%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1793034&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Politifact\u2019s COVID fact-checker has SOME medical experience \u2026 right? RIGHT?!<\/p>\n<p>Wrong.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/cbc-family-feud-canada-survey-says-UX06yZ6erE0fQtU1Sd\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nope.\u00a0It&#8217;s not even a little.<\/p>\n<p>Crazy, right? You\u2019d THINK a supposed fact-checking site like Politifact would want the person working on COVID disinformation to have a teensy weensy bit of experience in the medical field. We\u2019re not talking a doctor or a nurse or anything, but even a medical writer or someone who took more than Health in college.<\/p>\n<p>We are here.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out this thread by @TexasLindsay on Jeff Cercone<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1. Meet Jeff. <\/p>\n<p>For what it\u2019s worth, Jeff looks like a nice guy. I\u2019m even willing to bet that Jeff wakes up everyday and tries his best to do his job, despite his shortcomings and lack of credentials to do so. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nVsCz6apAb\">pic.twitter.com\/nVsCz6apAb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TexasLindsay\u2122 (@TexasLindsay_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasLindsay_\/status\/1609663499549941763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Looks like a nice guy \u2026 does he though?<\/p>\n<p>Keep going.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2. Jeff, as you can see, is an a&#8230;&#8221; \u201cFact-Checker\u201d Politifact, and is paid to discredit Covid misinformation. So one might ask what are Jeff\u2019s qualification?<\/p>\n<p>1) Is Jeff a doctor? No.<br \/>2) Is Jeff a scientist? No.<br \/>3. Does he have an academic degree? No.<br \/>4) Does the candidate have any experience in medicine? No. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qixq4QBSku\">pic.twitter.com\/qixq4QBSku<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TexasLindsay\u2122 (@TexasLindsay_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasLindsay_\/status\/1609664451464110080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He was a writer for the Chicago Tribune, and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.<\/p>\n<p>Heh.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">3. Jeff is a wordsmith for all intents. A profile photo of Jeff as a dog is included, along with a list of his journalistic contributions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j2uVhs6ViQ\">pic.twitter.com\/j2uVhs6ViQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TexasLindsay\u2122 (@TexasLindsay_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasLindsay_\/status\/1609664585421701124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Opinion and editorial.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just so.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4. Jeff, as I mentioned before, is probably a nice man, but Jeff is only one in a multitude of. \u2018False Fact-Checking Prophets\u2019 They are currently the biggest problem in society. They are all paid to discredit inconvenient truths, and mislead public.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TexasLindsay\u2122 (@TexasLindsay_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasLindsay_\/status\/1609664763922976768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That\u2019s why it doesn\u2019t matter if Jeff has any background in medicine because it\u2019s not really about the facts, it\u2019s about sticking to the narrative.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">5. Jeff&#8217;s recent fact-check is an example of his work. Jeff rated this tweet &#8220;Remarkable.&#8221; \u201cFALSE\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>The Tweet vs. The Fact Check <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SKHQ8e5LTH\">pic.twitter.com\/SKHQ8e5LTH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TexasLindsay\u2122 (@TexasLindsay_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasLindsay_\/status\/1609664949298536451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wow.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">6. How did Jeff get to the? \u201cFalse\u201d conclusion? Well, weirdly it\u2019s unclear since the evidence he presented to supposedly support a \u201cFalse\u201d claim, which directly contradicts his conclusion but actually confirms the original <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hodgetwins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hodgetwins<\/a> tweet. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/trR80v4Lp9\">pic.twitter.com\/trR80v4Lp9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TexasLindsay\u2122 (@TexasLindsay_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasLindsay_\/status\/1609665163031887879?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But the Hodgetwins lean Right so of course, anything they say will be false in Jeff\u2019s echo chamber.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">7. One might wonder: <br \/>\u2014Are \u2018False Fact-Checking Prophets\u2019 Are you just completely inept? <br \/>Or <br \/>\u2014Are \u2018False Fact-Checking Prophets\u2019 Do you rely on the ineptitude and willfulness of the public? <\/p>\n<p>One could make a strong case for one or both.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TexasLindsay\u2122 (@TexasLindsay_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasLindsay_\/status\/1609665298595995648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We will be going with BOTH.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">8. There\u2019s also another recent fact-check that was also concluded as \u201cFalse\u201d Jeff. This was in reference to a post on social media claiming that strokes\/clots in athletes could be a side effect from vaccines. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2erEqLgeUO\">pic.twitter.com\/2erEqLgeUO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TexasLindsay\u2122 (@TexasLindsay_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasLindsay_\/status\/1609665581447274498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So concludes the medical EXPERT.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">9. One of the mentioned athletes suffered a stroke from a blood clot. So did Jeff find evidence proving it wasn\u2019t caused by a C\u202219 vaccine? No. Doctors said they weren\u2019t able to determine a cause. How can this vaccine be ruled out of possibility? It can\u2019t. Jeff therefore lied by omission. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lB1csKXu5k\">pic.twitter.com\/lB1csKXu5k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TexasLindsay\u2122 (@TexasLindsay_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasLindsay_\/status\/1609665876973813766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That approved narrative ain\u2019t gonna support itself ya\u2019 know.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">10. And another of the athletes aforementioned, doesn\u2019t support his false label either\u2014and further validates he should have labeled it as inconclusive\/unknown since Jeff was unable to explicitly rule out if the blood clots in her lungs were caused by the C\u202219 shot or not. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/negyPQUVYR\">pic.twitter.com\/negyPQUVYR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TexasLindsay\u2122 (@TexasLindsay_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasLindsay_\/status\/1609666119245221888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">11. If Jeff was a pathologist, vaccinologist or treated any of the athletes, then we might view it as his medical opinion, but he\u2019s not. Jeff is a propagandist who discredits inconvenient facts at the cost of misleading the general public. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DefundFactCheckers?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DefundFactCheckers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TexasLindsay\u2122 (@TexasLindsay_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasLindsay_\/status\/1609666506056400896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Let\u2019s not pretend Jeff is at all unique \u2013 the entire fact-checking \u2018industry\u2019 Is that even a thing? It is not about sticking to facts, but sticking to a story. 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RIGHT?! Wrong. via GIPHY Nope.\u00a0It&#8217;s not even a little. Crazy, right? You\u2019d THINK a supposed fact-checking site like Politifact would want the person working on COVID disinformation to have a teensy weensy bit of experience in the medical field. We\u2019re not talking a doctor or a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1793037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[11472,5458,4127,8125,4268,12928,3819,4688,6337],"class_list":["post-1793034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-background","tag-bongino","tag-covid","tag-fact-checker","tag-medical","tag-politifacts","tag-report","tag-revealed","tag-scientific"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1793034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1793037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1793034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1793034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1793034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}