PunditFact is being funded by $625,000 in grants over two years from the Ford Foundation and the Democracy Fund. Seed money for the project was provided by craigconnects, the Web-based initiative to support philanthropy and public service run by Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist.
PunditFact is a partnership of PolitiFact and the Poynter
Institute, the journalism school that owns the Tampa Bay Times. Poynter will be
analyzing the reach and impact of PunditFact and will hold a conference to discuss
the results.
The new site will have a dedicated staff of journalists who
will research claims by media figures and rate them using PolitiFact’s
Truth-O-Meter. The fact-checks will be published on PunditFact.com and will
often be featured on the main PolitiFact site.
Although PolitiFact has done occasional fact-checks of pundits and talk show hosts, the new venture will mark the first time that staffers have been dedicated to checking media figures.
Although PolitiFact has done occasional fact-checks of pundits and talk show hosts, the new venture will mark the first time that staffers have been dedicated to checking media figures.
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