As the 2024 presidential campaign kicks into gear, we know that journalists think “fact checking” is an essential tool in keeping conservative “misinformation” from helping Republicans win. Their suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop and their lying “hallmarks of Russian disinformation” spin has not shamed them. It still encourages them.
So we turned to Matt Palumbo, author of the book Fact-Checking the Fact Checkers: How the Left Hijacked and Weaponized the Fact-Checking Industry. Matt shared his thoughts about fact-checking Trump and Biden and how Big Tech uses the fact-checkers to crush conservative communication. MRC Business associate editor Joseph Vazquez joined me in the questioning, since he and Matt are both George Soros investigators.
A big part of the fact-checking weaponization is in target selection. Republicans are much more likely to be “checked” and much more likely to be tagged for dishonesty. PolitiFact has thrown 180 “Pants On Fire” lie ratings at Donald Trump. Joe Biden has 7, and only one as president. George Soros h …