It’s an arm of the “Tampa Bay Times,” a liberal rag if there ever was one. “PolitiFact” is really “PolitiOpinion.”
This is the same rag that gave a pass to Charlie Crist when he awarded a plum position controlling judicial appointments to a big contributor who was arrested and convicted of fraud. Said money had no impact. Then attacked removing finance limits for judicial races saying money influence mattered.
Yes it is lefty garbage. Whenever it appears in my rag, which has a propensity to rely upon it, I just ignore it. Unfortunately one would be crazy to under play the affect this dribble has on the public as most believe it to be an unbiased review of some issue.
In a related matter, I recently saw a biline on an article from some “news service” here in Florida. I decided to check them out including their 990 filing. What I found was a group of lefties with an 80K total budget, 3000 in office equipment(PC with an internet connection) and a letter head.
I wrote the publisher of my paper and pointed out that anyone could do that so why did they get above the fold reporting on a nother matter (Scott allegedly telling the state EPA not to use climate change in an offical document).
The ridicules answer “was we know these people and trust them.” Of course the issue, which was picked up nationally too, was nothing more than some employee who had provided a false report to his bosses about his activities at a conference. But the issue has legs now and continues to form a part of any story concerning Scott and his climate commentary.
You cannot make this stuff up.