PolitiFact fact-checks Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, The Post
We look at the accuracy at some of the Oscar nominees for best picture.
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The Principles of the Truth-O-Meter: PolitiFact’s methodology for independent fact-checking
Since our launch in 2007, we’ve received many questions about how we choose facts to check, how we stay nonpartisan, how we go about fact-checking and other topics. This document attempts to answer those questions and many more.
A fact-checker’s guide to Michael Wolff’s ‘Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House’
A new book about President Donald Trump raises significant questions about transparency and sourcing.
A look back at Lie of the Year, 2009 to 2016
A look back at Lie of the Year, from 2009 to 2016.
2017 Lie of the Year Readers’ Poll results
We present the 2017 Lie of the Year Readers’ Poll results.
2017 Lie of the Year: Russian election interference is a ‘made-up story’
President Trump continually asserts that Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election is fake news, a hoax or a made-up story, even though there is widespread, bipartisan evidence to the contrary.
Lie of the Year 2017: Readers’ Choice poll
PolitiFact will soon announce our Lie of the Year -- the most significant falsehood of 2017, as chosen by our editors and reporters. We're also inviting readers to vote for the Readers' Choice award.
The big picture: Niger and what we know about what happened to U.S. troops
Behind the name-calling and tweets, there are still unanswered questions regarding the ambush that sparked the political controversy.
Fact-checking Trump and his team on taxes
Our partners at E.W. Scripps spoke to the president and quite a few of his top people about taxes. We vetted their claims for accuracy.
The media’s definition of fake news vs. Donald Trump’s
When PolitiFact fact-checks fake news, we are calling out fabricated content that intentionally masquerades as news coverage of actual events. When President Donald Trump talks about fake news, he means something else entirely.
What is a ‘dotard’?
What is a 'dotard'? President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un traded insults recently, culminating in the use of the insult "dotard."
In context: What Rush Limbaugh said about Hurricane Irma before evacuation
Florida-based radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh angered many as Hurricane Irma approached by suggesting the media was trying to scare people in order to hype a climate change agenda and to spur bottled water sales. Days later, Limbaugh himself evacuated.