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 ...

If politicians utter dubious statements on the campaign trail and fact-checkers are around to hear them, will those fact-checkers rate the statements with agreeing skepticism? If the checkers are ...

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 ...