politifact, the us fact checkers, gave the claim the category pants on fire last year. well, now they ve archived that assessment and added an editors note. the washington post has also updated articles that were initially dismissive, but these corrections haven t come about because of new evidence. instead, they have come about because president biden has admitted that it is a possibility. so, has fact checking itself become politicised? the stakes are high, of course. just last week, biden said that covid misinformation on facebook was killing people. lots to unpack here, so let s talk to claire milne, she is the acting editor of full fact, and ian birrell is the contributing editor of the mail on sunday and also a very experienced freelance journalist. he recently founded a piece of his work that mentioned the lab leak theory was being suppressed by facebook. claire, let s go to you first, and just set out the basics for us. what is it that full fact does?
gave the claim the category pants on fire last year. well, now they have archived that assessment and added an editors note. the washington post has also updated articles which were initially dismissive, but these corrections have not come about because of new evidence. instead, they have come about because president biden has admitted that it is a possibility. so, has fact checking itself become politicised? the stakes are high, of course. just last week, biden said that covid misinformation on facebook was killing people. lots to unpack here, so let s talk to claire milne, she is the acting editor of full fact, and ian birrell is the contributing editor of the mail on sunday and also a very experienced freelance journalist. he recently founded a piece of his work that mentioned the lab leak theory was being suppressed by facebook. claire, let s go to you first and just set out the basics for us. what is it that full fact does? who do you work for? so, at full fact, we are an indepe
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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 29: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on April 29, 2021 in Washington, DC. A bipartisan group of Senators gathered in support of the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act, which would move the decision to prosecute a member of the military from the chain of command to independent, trained, professional military prosecutors. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)Stefani Reynolds, Stringer / Getty Images
The claim: “This legislation would register millions of illegal aliens to vote. It is intended to do that.” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
Cruz made the claim as attacks on Senate Democrats’ latest attempt to rewrite the nation’s voting laws have grown fierce.
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Liberal journalists love to align themselves with “facts and truth” and have singled out their liberal “fact checker” websites as heroes, like they are somehow the Environmental Protection Agency of political rhetoric.
In reality, liberals take conservative accusations extremely literally, while the vilest liberal accusations get a free pass. For example, last October, PolitiFact threw a “False” at Donald Trump for saying Joe Biden was a “socialist.” Oh no, they said “Biden has not advocated nationalizing industries, a key principle of socialism. His platform on health care, energy and other issues aligns with moderate Democrats, not socialists.”
Does that look true right now?