The facts about the fact checkers

Mostly true: Roughly half the political universe loves each item churned out by the booming industry of political factchecking. The other half despises it. It just depends whose pants are adjudged to be on fire any given day. Full Story »

Posted by Fabrice Florin - via Joey Baker (t)
Tags Help
Editorial Help
Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Nov 1, 2011 - 8:47 AM PDT
Content Type: Article
Edit Lock: This story can be edited
Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Nov 2, 2011 - 10:52 AM PDT

Reviews

Show All | Notes | Comments | Quotes | Links
Beth Wellington
2.9
by Beth Wellington - Nov. 3, 2011

Not much substance here...and the disclosure that PolitiFact is planning a partnership with POLITICO is relatively buried in the sixth paragraph.

See Full Review » (11 answers)
Patricia L'Herrou
3.8
by Patricia L'Herrou - Nov. 3, 2011

while there are many sources here, the focus is on those who do the fact-checking and how they see it, as both valid, yet needing to appeal to their markets, a combination which can be contradictory. what is missing here is any sense of how from a citizen'/voter's point of view fact checks make any difference either in opinion formation or in how reporters do their job. perhaps one of these featured here could take on a larger, more meaningful objective

See Full Review » (10 answers)
Fabrice Florin
3.8
by Fabrice Florin - Nov. 2, 2011
See Full Review » (10 answers)

Comments on this story Help (BETA)

NT Rating | My Rating

Ratings

3.6

Good
from 6 reviews (84% confidence)
Quality
3.6
Facts
4.0
Fairness
4.0
Information
3.5
Insight
3.5
Style
3.7
Accuracy
4.0
Balance
4.0
Context
3.7
Depth
4.0
Enterprise
4.0
Expertise
3.7
Originality
3.7
Relevance
3.7
Transparency
4.5
Responsibility
3.7
Popularity
3.5
Recommendation
3.5
Credibility
3.6
# Reviews
3.0
# Views
5.0
# Likes
1.0
# Emails
1.0
More
How our ratings work »
(See these related stories.)

Links Help

No links yet. Please review this story to add some!