According to Politifact, Republicans lie 3 (or 5) times as often as Democrats. Do you think this is accurate?
Politifact is a Pulitzer-prize winning project of the St. Petersberg Times. They rate statements by politicians, media personalities, and other sources on a scale: True, Mostly True, Half True, Mostly False, False, and Pants on Fire.
I just put together a spreadsheet for all of their Pants on Fire ratings —what they consider to be outright deliberate lies or else extremely irresponsible misstatements.
According to them, Republican personalities and media outlets have lied 98 times. Democrats have lied 29 times.
If we include chain e-mails—which are invariably Republican attacks—Republicans have lied 150 times.
Are Republicans really this much more dishonest than Democrats overall? Or is there something wrong with Politifact’s methodology?
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