PolitiFact has done only 13 fact-checks on Biden in first 100 days, 106 others 'defending' him, study says
PolitFact has given him zero 'Pants on Fire' ratings even though WaPo gave 4 'Four Pinnochios'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A new study suggests that PolitiFact is doing more to "defend" President Biden rather than fact-check him.
NewsBusters conducted a study of PolitiFact's work within Biden's first 100 days in office and tallied just 13 individual fact-checks of the 46th president. Meanwhile, the pro-facts outlet tallied 106 fact-checks "about Biden," pointing out the "eight-to-one disparity."
"In other words, they’re much more sensitive about someone "lying" about Biden than they are about Biden lying," NewsBusters executive editor Tim Graham wrote on Tuesday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}BIDEN'S FIRST 100 DAYS: TEN TIMES THE MEDIA COMPLETELY FAWNED OVER THE NEW PRESIDENCY
The study found that eight of the 13 Biden's claims were some sort of falsehoods, though the president never received a "Pants on Fire" ratings in his first few months in office.
91 out of the 106 fact-checks about Biden, roughly 86 percent, were deemed at least "Mostly False." 24 of them were "Pants on Fire."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Washington Post recently concluded that Biden had uttered 78 various falsehoods which included four "Four Pinocchios" ratings.
However, Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler announced that he would not continue its database of Biden's falsehoods behind his first 100 days in office.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Here's the Biden database -- which we do not plan to extend beyond 100 days. I have learned my lesson," Kessler tweeted.
He explained, "'Learned my lesson' means that who knows what the next four years will bring. We have fact-checked Biden rigorously and will continue to do so. Trump at 500 claims/100 days was manageable; 8,000+ was not."