PolitiFact is an American non-profit "fact-checking" organization based in St. Petersburg, Florida and Washington, D.C. It is a project of the Poynter Institute.[1]
History
PolitiFact was founded by Bill Adair in 2007 as a partnership between the St. Petersburg Times (later renamed to the Tampa Bay Times) and Congressional Quarterly (CQ) in advance of the 2008 United States presidential election.[2][3]
Organization
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Adair | Founder[3:1] | Sanford School of Public Policy, North Carolina Fact-Checking Project, Duke Reporters' Lab,[4] Society of Professional Journalists |
| Monique Curet | Deputy Editor[5] | The Columbus Dispatch, Press-Register, City of Chicago |
Funding
While PolitiFact receives “administrative support” from Poynter, it is otherwise sustained by advertising revenue and “compensation for selling its content to media publishers and companies.” Sources of funding include:[6][7]
- AmeriHealth Caritas
- Bessie Rattner Foundation
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Catena Foundation
- Collins Center for Public Policy
- Common Cause
- Community Foundation of New Jersey
- Craig Newmark Philanthropies
- Craigconnects
- Craigslist Charitable Fund
- Democracy Fund
- Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI)
- Dume Wolverine Foundation
- E.W. Scripps Company
- Ford Foundation
- Friends of the Earth
- Google News Initiative
- Grounds for Promotion
- International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN)
- Joyce Foundation
- Knight Foundation
- Loud Hound Foundation
- Microsoft
- Newton and Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust
- SmartNews
- Stelter Foundation
- TikTok
- Trust Project
- YouTube
Publications
- December 13, 2021: "Vancouver hospital did not see a surge in stillbirths among women vaccinated for COVID-19" by Monique Curet
External links
Further reading
- January 22, 2024: "Opinion: The Badge of Honor of PolitiFACT Calling Kennedy Campaign the “Lie of the Year” in Broad-Brush Conspiracy Smear" by Kyle Hence, published by Honest Media
- February 13, 2024: "Who's Behind PolitiFact?" by Liam Sturgess, originally published by The Kennedy Beacon
Major Funders. Poynter. Retrieved February 7, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.02.07-105525/https://www.poynter.org/major-funders/ ↩︎
About PolitiFact. PolitiFact. Retrieved September 21, 2007, from https://web.archive.org/web/20070921172603/http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/about/ ↩︎
Bill Adair. PolitiFact. Retrieved January 24, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240124225640/https://www.politifact.com/staff/bill-adair/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Duke University Reporters’ Lab: North Carolina Fact-Checking Project. Local News Lab. Retrieved August 13, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220813005648/https://localnewslab.org/about/north-carolina-local-news-lab/portfolio/north-carolina-fact-checking-project/ ↩︎
Monique Curet. PolitiFact. Retrieved January 24, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240124221932/https://www.politifact.com/staff/monique-curet/ ↩︎
Who Pays For PolitiFact? (2023, March). PolitiFact. http://archive.today/2024.02.06-014805/https://www.politifact.com/who-pays-for-politifact/ ↩︎
Who Pays for PolitiFact? (2019, January). PolitiFact. https://web.archive.org/web/20200201233654/https://www.politifact.com/who-pays-for-politifact/ ↩︎
