Complaints to the International Fact-Checking Network about FactCheck.org and PolitiFact
Bryan W. White
February 16, 2021
FactCheck.org and PolitiFact committed an error in common in fact-checking President Biden’s inaugural address. Both made statements representing the total U.S. death toll from World War II using statistics for U.S. military deaths and omitting all mention of civilian war dead. Both fact-checking organizations failed to address the error or acknowledge the complaint within a week’s time, leading to the complaints sent to the International Fact-Checking Network.
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