Every tribe has its myths, and journalists are no exception. In America, one common story goes like this: once, in the prelapsarian era before social media—or before smartphones, or the Internet—there ...

Here is a record of 100 fact-checks PolitiFact reporters have written in the Trump administration’s first 100 days. Some of these fact-checks have a Truth-O-Meter rating, which means a group of ...

Which are more important: true words, or beautiful words? “The Lifespan of a Fact,” a book by John D’Agata, a writer, and Jim Fingal, a former intern and fact-checker at The Believer, purports to ...

Since fact-checkers present themselves as arbiters of truth, it's only fair that readers wonder if we're being, well, truthful. So it's no surprise that "Who fact-checks the fact-checkers?" is a ...

PolitiFact has developed many strategies for fact-checking over the years. But one simple tool remains tried and true: the checklist. We find that using a checklist — a simple yet consistent list of ...

A British dental clinic that gives appointments to all National Health Service patients has been falsely described online as ...

Vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz faced off in their first and only debate Tuesday night, squaring off over everything from foreign policy and the economy to the 2020 election and ...

No, Tesco has not been selling a bag of carrots grown in Chernobyl. No, a picture of the Prime Minister strolling down the street in a pink hijab isn’t real. And no, Bill Gates isn’t making ‘maggot ...

That famous line from Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.) remains a virtual mantra for politicians and pundits. Yet, judging from the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and ...