Every four years Iffy.news compiles PolitiFact-checks (with permission) to rate the veracity of political people. We convert their fact-checks into credibility scores, comparing pols, pundits, PACS, and partiesContinue Reading
Anatomy of an anti-vax fact-check: Consider the Source, Check the Site, Confirm the Content. Who made the claim, who published it, where’s the evidence?Continue Reading
This page hosts daily news stories about the media, social media, and the journalism industry. Get the latest Hirings and Firings, Media Transactions, Controversies, Censorship Issues, and more. Report Details Israeli Requests for Meta Content Removals Internal Meta records reviewed by The Intercept indicate that Israel’s government submitted requests toContinue Reading
Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers that are either a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Further, we review each factContinue Reading
Claim: The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) attacked Vice President Sara Duterte. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The video bearing the claim was posted on June 12 and has since garnered over 17,960 views, 470 likes, and 80 comments. The video’s caption reads, “Big news! Dios ko po! DelikadoContinue Reading
Claim: Former Ateneo Blue Eagles head coach Thomas Anthony “Tab” Baldwin has been arrested following the deaths of basketball players Rene Clert Baterbonia and Chukwuemeka Divine Adili during a team-building activity. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The YouTube video bearing the claim was posted on June 9 and hasContinue Reading
Voters tend to send the more truthful candidate to the US Senate. On average, winners perform better on PolitiFact checks than losers, incumbents better than challengers. But that may be changing.Continue Reading
Expanding on our Iffy.news/Veri.FYI session at WikiCredCon (February 15 2025). Please consider supporting the new Domain-Name Property Proposal in Wikidata, that emerged from this conference… Wikimedia is a wonderful source of information about the credibility of news sources. But it’s not a source of credibility data. It’s not a credibilityContinue Reading
Claim: The International Criminal Court (ICC) dismissed the crimes against humanity case against former president Rodrigo Duterte. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: A Facebook post shows a photo of Duterte with his children, Vice President Sara Duterte and Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte, outside the ICC inContinue Reading
President Traitor 47 has touted more than $500 billion in prescription drug savings over 10 years from his policies. But the savings are largely aspirational, and not based on the more limited actions the administration has taken so far. The administration’s most favored nation policy seeks to bring down drugContinue Reading
Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers that are either a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Further, we review each factContinue Reading
Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check Claim via Social Media: Social media posts claim the Obama Foundation only hired Black contractors to build the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, implying that white contractors were excluded from the project. Explanation This claim is false. The Obama Presidential Center’sContinue Reading
This page hosts daily news stories about the media, social media, and the journalism industry. Get the latest Hirings and Firings, Media Transactions, Controversies, Censorship Issues, and more. AI Chatbots Gain Ground as News Sources A new Reuters Institute Digital News Report finds that more people are turning to AIContinue Reading