Politifact
A national outlet rated high on credibility, with a lean close to the center. None of the stories it hosts is a confirmed repost.A national outlet rated high on credibility, with a lean close to center. None of its stories here are confirmed reposts.
- CREDIBILITY
- 83High
- LEAN
- 49Center
- ORIGINALITY
- 100%
- STORIES
- 20▲ 2 this week
- REPRINTED
- 0times
Credibility 20 stories · 95% range 82–84 · updated Oct 1, 2026Lean 20 stories · 95% range 47–52 · updated Oct 1, 2026Originality 20 hosted stories · updated Sep 29, 2026
Politifact at a glance
SCORECARD
Ticks mark the national news average; on the lean bar, its own lean.STORIES · 12 MONTHS
20August spike: 16 stories, 8 of them on Healthcare and 4 on Technology/Privacy.
Hatched: May–Jul, when ChamberLight collected few or no stories from any outlet, so a gap there is not the outlet’s.
TONE TOWARD EACH PARTY
NETMore negative toward Republicans than other outlets are, and about the same toward Democrats. How tone is measured
LATEST ACTIVITY
- SCORECredibility 82 → 83 Sep 30 · 15 stories
- STORY2 new stories in the last 7 days · 1 on Ethics/Corruption
- BLINDSPOTSkipped: Thomas Massie Files Impeachment Articles Against Pete Hegseth 82 outlets covered it
- FRAMINGAbdul El-Sayed Opposes Restrictions on Minors’ Gender-Related Care its headline: negative toward El-Sayed · 5 outlets · Sep 15
Politifact’s scores: credibility, lean and originality
CREDIBILITY
The combined AI rating of its own stories, 0 to 100, for the outlet’s transparency, standards, corrections and original reporting. 15 points above the national news average (68).
POLITICAL LEAN
Where its news stories sit from 0 (left) to 100 (right). Opinion pieces are left out, and its stories reposted on other sites count toward it.
ORIGINALITY
The share of stories it hosts that are not confirmed copies of another outlet’s article.
SCORE HISTORY · 12 MONTHSHISTORY · 12 MO
Up 1 point since September. Dotted where ChamberLight collected few or no stories (May–Jul). National news average: 68, below this range. How score history works
Challenges to these scores
No one has challenged a score on this page yet. Anyone can; editors publish every outcome here.
What Politifact covers: topics and people
TOP TOPICS · SHARE OF ITS STORIESTOP TOPICS
TICK = ALL OUTLETSTICK = ALL- Healthcare35%+25 PTS against 11% of all outlets’ stories
- Economy20%−1 PTS against 21% of all outlets’ stories
- Immigration15%+5 PTS against 10% of all outlets’ stories
- Technology/Privacy15%+8 PTS against 7% of all outlets’ stories
- Ethics/Corruption10%−22 PTS against 33% of all outlets’ stories
- Criminal Justice5%−5 PTS against 10% of all outlets’ stories
- Defense/Military5%−7 PTS against 12% of all outlets’ stories
- Foreign Policy5%−13 PTS against 18% of all outlets’ stories
WHO THEY COVER · 24 STORY–PERSON PAIRS · 24 PAIRS
- 1Abdul El-Sayed (Democrat)6 stories
- 2Byron Donalds (Republican)3 stories
- 3Mike Rogers (Republican)3 stories
- 4Ashley Moody (Republican)2 stories
- 5Ed Markey (Democrat)2 stories
- 6Seth Moulton (Democrat)2 stories
- 7Angela Nixon (Democrat)1 stories
- 8Jon Husted (Republican)1 stories
How Politifact framed shared stories, and what it skipped
SAME STORY, DIFFERENT HEADLINES
- Politifact (this source)In Michigan Senate race, Abdul El-Sayed's attack on Mike Rogers' 9/11 record needs contextNEGATIVE TOWARD EL-SAYED
- 2paragraphsEl-Sayed Reacts to Rudy Giuliani's Taunt, "Any Thoughts on That?"POSITIVE TOWARD EL-SAYED
- NewsweekAbdul El-Sayed's Lead in Michigan Polls Compared to Jocelyn BensonNEUTRAL
- Fox NewsAbdul El-Sayed touts 'whole a--' medical credentials while defending sex changes for childrenMIXED ON EL-SAYED
- Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion |Abdul El-Sayed Defends Pediatric Transgender Procedures, Cites Medical DegreeNEGATIVE TOWARD EL-SAYED
WHAT IT SKIPPED · BLINDSPOTS
Stories that 8 or more news outlets covered in the last 30 days and Politifact did not.
Politifact’s owner, reprints and similar outlets
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WHO REPRINTS IT
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Best value in each row is highlighted. Tone is the share of stories positive toward a party minus the share negative, from −100 to +100. No story in the last 90 days was covered by all four.
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CREDIBILITY
LEAN (50 = CENTER)
ORIGINALITY
STORIES
HEALTHCARE COVERAGE
TONE TOWARD GOP
TONE TOWARD DEMS
Best value in each row is highlighted. Tone is the share of stories positive toward a party minus the share negative, from −100 to +100. No story in the last 90 days was covered by all four.
- Mainly about Susan M. CollinsCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Roy CooperCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Abdul El-SayedCRED 85REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Mike RogersCRED 85REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Byron DonaldsCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Jon HustedCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Ashley MoodyCRED 85REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Seth MoultonCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Seth MoultonCRED 85REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Abdul El-SayedCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Byron DonaldsCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Mike RogersCRED 85REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Alexander VindmanCRED 85REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Ron JohnsonCRED 85REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Abdul El-SayedCRED 85REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Mike RogersCRED 85REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Byron DonaldsCRED 85REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Ed MarkeyCRED 85REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Seth MoultonCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Abdul El-SayedCRED 85REPRINTS —
