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# PolitiFact
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/politifact/
- Published: 2026-02-25T17:23:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-25T17:23:38.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization, #toc, Organization, United States, Media

**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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Poynter-Institute).[\[1\]](#fn1)

## 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.[\[2\]](#fn2)[\[3\]](#fn3)

## Organization

| Name          | Position                   | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ------------- | -------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Bill Adair    | Founder[\[3:1\]](#fn3)     | Sanford School of Public Policy, [North Carolina Fact-Checking Project](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/North-Carolina-Fact-Checking-Project), [Duke Reporters' Lab](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Duke-Reporters-Lab),[\[4\]](#fn4) Society of Professional Journalists |
| Monique Curet | Deputy Editor[\[5\]](#fn5) | *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:[\[6\]](#fn6)[\[7\]](#fn7)

- AmeriHealth Caritas
- Bessie Rattner Foundation
- [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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
- [Facebook](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Facebook)
- Ford Foundation
- Friends of the Earth
- Google
- Google News Initiative
- Grounds for Promotion
- [International Fact-Checking Network](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://archive.ph/2021.12.15-025919/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/13/blog-posting/vancouver-hospital-did-not-see-surge-stillbirths-a/#selection-1195.1-1195.90)" by Monique Curet

## External links

- [AllSides](https://www.allsides.com/news-source/politifact)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/politifact)
- [Website](https://www.politifact.com/)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact)
- [Wikispooks](https://wikispooks.com/wiki/PolitiFact)

### 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](https://honestmediaproject.substack.com/p/opinion-the-badge-of-honor-of-politifact)" by [Kyle Hence](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Kyle-Hence), published by *[Honest Media](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Honest-Media-Project)*
- February 13, 2024: "[Who's Behind PolitiFact?](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/blog/whos-behind-politifact/)" by [Liam Sturgess](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Liam-Sturgess), [originally published](https://thekennedybeacon.substack.com/p/whos-behind-politifact) by *The Kennedy Beacon*

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1. *Major Funders.* Poynter. Retrieved February 7, 2022, from <http://archive.today/2022.02.07-105525/https://www.poynter.org/major-funders/> [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. *About PolitiFact.* PolitiFact. Retrieved September 21, 2007, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20070921172603/http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/about/> [↩︎](#fnref2)
3. *Bill Adair.* PolitiFact. Retrieved January 24, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20240124225640/https://www.politifact.com/staff/bill-adair/> [↩︎](#fnref3) [↩︎](#fnref3:1)
4. *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/> [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. *Monique Curet.* PolitiFact. Retrieved January 24, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20240124221932/https://www.politifact.com/staff/monique-curet/> [↩︎](#fnref5)
6. *Who Pays For PolitiFact?* (2023, March). PolitiFact. <http://archive.today/2024.02.06-014805/https://www.politifact.com/who-pays-for-politifact/> [↩︎](#fnref6)
7. *Who Pays for PolitiFact?* (2019, January). PolitiFact. <https://web.archive.org/web/20200201233654/https://www.politifact.com/who-pays-for-politifact/> [↩︎](#fnref7)