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PolitiFact.com is a project operated by the ''Tampa Bay Times'', in which reporters and editors from the ''Times'' and affiliated media outlets "fact-check statements by members of Congress, the White House, lobbyists and interest groups".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = St. Petersburg Times )〕 They publish original statements and their evaluations on the PolitiFact.com website, and assign each a "Truth-O-Meter" rating. The ratings range from "True" for completely accurate statements to "Pants on Fire" (from the taunt "Liar, liar, pants on fire") for false and ridiculous claims. The site also includes an "Obameter", tracking President Barack Obama's performance with regard to his campaign promises, and a "GOP Pledge-O-Meter", which tracks promises made by House Republicans in their "Pledge to America". PolitiFact.com's local affiliates keep similar track of statements and figures of regional relevance, as evidenced by PolitiFact Tennessee's "Haslam-O-Meter" tracking Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam's efforts and Wisconsin's "Walk-O-Meter" tracking Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's efforts. PolitiFact has been both praised and criticized by independent observers, conservatives and liberals alike. Conservative bias and liberal bias have been alleged, and criticisms have been made of attempts to fact-check statements that cannot be truly "fact-checked". ==History== PolitiFact.com was started in August 2007 by ''Times'' Washington Bureau Chief Bill Adair, in conjunction with the ''Congressional Quarterly''. In 2013, Adair was named Knight Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University, and stepped down as Bureau Chief at the ''Times'' and as editor at PolitiFact.com.〔(Bill Adair, PolitiFact Editor, Named Knight Professor at Duke ); April 5, 2013〕 The ''Tampa Bay Times senior reporter, Alex Leary, succeeded Bill Adair as Bureau Chief on July 1, 2013,〔(Bill Adair, PolitiFact Editor, Named Knight Professor at Duke ); April 5, 2013〕 and Angie Drobnic Holan was appointed editor of PolitiFact in October, 2013. Adair remains a PolitiFact.com contributing editor.〔"New editors named for PolitiFact and PunditFact" ''Tampa Bay Times''October 10, 2013. (Angie Drobnic Holan PolitiFact Editor ) (Staff bio )〕 In January 2010, PolitiFact.com expanded to its second newspaper, the Cox Enterprises-owned ''Austin American-Statesman'' in Austin, Texas; the feature, called PolitiFact Texas, covers issues that are relevant to Texas and the Austin area. In March 2010, the Times and its partner newspaper, ''The Miami Herald'', launched PolitiFact Florida, which focuses on Florida issues. The Times and the Herald share resources on some stories that relate to Florida. Since then, PolitiFact.com expanded to other papers, such as ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', ''The Providence Journal'', ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'', ''The Plain Dealer'', ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'', the ''Knoxville News Sentinel'' and ''The Oregonian''. The ''Knoxville News Sentinel'' ended its relationship with PolitiFact.com after 2012. In 2014, the ''The Plain Dealer'' ended its partnership with PolitiFact.com after they reduced their news staff and were unwilling to meet "the required several PolitiFact investigations per week". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「PolitiFact.com」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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