{"id":2352750,"date":"2024-10-09T16:24:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T20:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politifact-bias-201-trump-pants-on-fire-zero-for-harris-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-09T16:27:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T20:27:02","slug":"politifact-bias-201-trump-pants-on-fire-zero-for-harris-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politifact-bias-201-trump-pants-on-fire-zero-for-harris-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"PolitiFact bias: 201 Trump \u2018Pants on Fire,\u2019 zero for Harris &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fpolitifact-bias-201-trump-pants-on-fire-zero-for-harris-washington-examiner%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=2352750&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--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/time-magazine-takes-chinese-cash-to-promote-controversial-drone-business\/\" title=\"Time Magazine Takes Chinese Cash To Promote Controversial Drone Business\">article highlights<\/a> a review \u2063by \u2063conservative media watchdog Newsbusters, which analyzes the ratings \u2064from PolitiFact, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politifact-is-ticked-that-we-fact-checked-their-false-fact-check\/\" title=\"PolitiFact Is Ticked That We Fact-Checked Their False Fact-Check\">fact-checking organization<\/a>. According to their findings, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-senior-advisor-steve-cortes-the-statistical-case-against-a-joe-biden-election-win\/\" title=\"Trump Campaign Senior Advisor Steve Cortes: The Statistical Case Against a Joe Biden Election Win\">platform<\/a> tends to rate Republicans, particularly\u200c former President Donald Trump, much\u2063 harsher than Democrats. Trump has\u200b received 201 &#8220;Pants on Fire&#8221; ratings, the most severe classification, while Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden have received none in the current \u2064year and\u2064 very few overall \u200dsince\u200b 2007. The review suggests \u2063an apparent bias in PolitiFact\u2019s evaluations, \u2064favoring Democrats over Republicans. The discussion includes comparisons of the fact-check \u2063ratings\u2064 among these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-china-threat-is-real-and-upon-us\/\" title=\"The China Threat is Real and Upon Us\">political figures<\/a>, emphasizing the disparity in \u2063how misinformation is addressed.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">PolitiFact bias: 201 Trump &lsquo;Pants on Fire,&rsquo; zero for Harris<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1780092\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Politicians are generally known to tell as many whoppers as anglers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>But that&rsquo;s not the picture painted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/conservative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>conservative<\/a> media watchdog <em>Newsbusters<\/em> in their review of the &lsquo;Truth-O-Meter&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snopes-posts-bogus-pro-aoc-fact-check-ends-up-exposing-its-left-wing-bias\/\" title=\"Snopes Posts Bogus Pro-AOC \u2018Fact Check,\u2019 Ends Up Exposing Its Left-Wing Bias\">fact-checking site<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>PolitiFac<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/\" title><em>t<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In its <a href=\"https:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/tim-graham\/2024\/10\/09\/politifacts-truth-o-meter-has-dramatic-democratic-party-tilt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>latest tally,<\/a> the Media Research Center site said that the well-followed fact-checking platform overwhelmingly fails Republicans more than Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>For example, former President Donald Trump, over time, has collected 201 ratings of &ldquo;Pants on Fire,&rdquo; the worst rating.<\/p>\n<p>By comparison, Vice President Kamala Harris has zero. And this year, President Joe Biden, who has supplemented his library of personal fantasies, also has zero.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Biden drew zero &lsquo;Pants on Fire&rsquo; warnings this year, and has only seven of those in the entire history of PolitiFact going back to 2007 (just one during his presidency). Kamala Harris has zero overall, and she was first elected statewide in California in 2010. Trump currently has 201,&rdquo; said the review from <a href=\"https:\/\/newsbusters.org\/author\/tim-graham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tim Graham,<\/a> the executive editor of MRC&rsquo;s Newsbusters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is no evidence to support claims that Vice President Kamala Harris was involved in the crimes Sean &ldquo;Diddy&rdquo; Combs&rsquo; is accused of committing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6aWwjSuTqr\">https:\/\/t.co\/6aWwjSuTqr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PolitiFact\/status\/1841002184512594029?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>In&nbsp;his report on <em>PolitiFact<\/em>&rsquo;s ratings for Trump and Harris this year, he found that 79% of Trump&rsquo;s have been &ldquo;mostly false or worse&rdquo; to 36% for Harris.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That deep-seated belief that Republicans lie incessantly matches the current &lsquo;fact checking&rsquo;&nbsp;output of PolitiFact. In a NewsBusters analysis of six months of PolitiFact articles (April to September) that evaluated a named politician or public official with a &lsquo;Truth-O-Meter&rsquo; ruling reveals that PolitiFact is profoundly tilted against the GOP,&rdquo; Graham said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Secrets<\/em> teams with MRC on Mondays to produce our long-running feature, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3179809\/liberal-media-scream-andrea-mitchell-whines-men-business-supporting-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Liberal Media Scream<\/em><\/a>, a pick of the most ridiculous liberal rants on TV news.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1780092\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1780092\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PolitiFact bias: Trump has 201 &#8216;Pants on Fire&#8217; ratings, Harris none<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2352752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kamala-harris-podcast-call-her-daddy.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[14599,5050,33457,42658,8159],"class_list":["post-2352750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-fact-checking","tag-bias","tag-media-analysis","tag-political-reporting","tag-politifact"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kamala-harris-podcast-call-her-daddy.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352750","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\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2352750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2352752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2352750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2352750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2352750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}