https://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2013/01/19/the-first-rule-of-fact-checking/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 02:12:43 -0400<![CDATA[First there was &#8220;fake but accurate,&#8221; as the New York Times attempted to excuse fellow liberal hack Dan Rather&#8217;s attempt to cook the books in 2004. Eight years later, the increasingly Orwellian Politifact reverses the formulation; they find Mitt Romney&#8217;s claim that Jeep will be producing cars in China to be accurate but fake. Or as Mark Hemingway writes at the Weekly Standard, &#8220;PolitiFact Concedes Their &#8216;Lie of the Year&#8217; is the &#8216;Literal Truth:'&#8221;]]>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:58:00 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Driscoll]]>https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2013/01/19/the-first-rule-of-fact-checking-n256424