PolitiFact

American nonprofit fact-checking website
Organization website Q3394318
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PolitiFact

Summary

PolitiFact is a website[1]. PolitiFact ranks in the top 6% of website entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • PolitiFact's field of work was fact-checking[3].
  • PolitiFact received the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting[4].
  • PolitiFact was a member of International Fact-Checking Network[5].
  • PolitiFact was a member of Institute for Nonprofit News[6].
  • PolitiFact is in the country of United States[7].
  • PolitiFact's instance of is recorded as website[8].
  • PolitiFact's instance of is recorded as organization[9].
  • PolitiFact's owned by is recorded as Times Publishing Company[10].
  • PolitiFact's logo image is recorded as PolitiFact logo.svg[11].
  • PolitiFact's Commons category is recorded as PolitiFact[12].
  • +2007-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of PolitiFact[13].
  • PolitiFact's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cp0bwl[14].
  • PolitiFact's official website is recorded as https://www.politifact.com/[15].
  • PolitiFact's described by source is recorded as Project Oasis[16].
  • PolitiFact's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+10075'}[17].
  • PolitiFact's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2267[18].
  • PolitiFact's X is recorded as PolitiFact[19].
  • PolitiFact's Instagram username is recorded as politifact[20].
  • PolitiFact's Facebook username is recorded as politifact[21].
  • PolitiFact's YouTube channel ID is recorded as UCfyYK3GqcotDIAjcoReK3Hg[22].
  • PolitiFact's Google+ ID is recorded as +politifact[23].
  • PolitiFact's Quora topic ID is recorded as PolitiFact[24].
  • PolitiFact's Google News publication ID is recorded as CAAqKQgKIiNDQklTRkFnTWFoQUtEbkJ2YkdsMGFXWmhZM1F1WTI5dEtBQVAB[25].
  • PolitiFact's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+698617'}[26].
  • PolitiFact's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+699484'}[27].

Body

Founding

+2007-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of PolitiFact[13].

Industry

PolitiFact's field of work was fact-checking[3].

Ownership

PolitiFact's owned by is recorded as Times Publishing Company[10].

Recognition

PolitiFact received the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting[4].

Why It Matters

PolitiFact ranks in the top 6% of website entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month).[2] PolitiFact has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

FAQs

What awards did PolitiFact receive?

Honors received include Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [5] . ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org. ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [6] . findyournews.org. Retrieved . findyournews.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . projectnewsoasis.com. Retrieved . projectnewsoasis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Alexa Internet. Retrieved . alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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