On Nov. 14, 2018 we sent a message to PolitiFact regarding an omitted piece of evidence in its “PunditFact” fact check of a claim by Ken Blackwell.
As of Sept. 15, 2019 we received no response from PolitiFact and have noted no corrective change to its Aug. 29, 2018 report, though the omitted evidence was reported in the Poynter-owned Tampa Bay Times.
PolitiFact was a project of the Tampa Bay Times before ownership was formally transferred to the non-profit Poynter Institute. The Poynter Institute owns PolitiFact and the Tampa Bay Times.
A .pdf image of our email to PolitiFact follows:
Dear Truth-O-Meter,
The PolitiFact/PunditFact fact check of a claim of "manufactured voters" completely omitted the most obvious evidence supporting Ken Blackwell's claim.
As reported by the Miami Herald (and published in the Tampa Bay Times), Broward's Brenda Snipes mixed illegal votes in with legal provisional ballots. At least 20 illegal votes thus found their way into Broward's vote totals.
Even if PolitiFact is inclined to discount lifelong Democrat Snipes as a part of "Democrats and their allies" it seems like there's little excuse to omit all mention of this reporting.
