https://hotair.com/archives/2018/02/01/politifact-hiring-alan-grayson-reader-advocate-us-also-politifact-alan-grayson-fired/<snip>
That tweet set off a three-hour slam dunk contest in which more or less every reporter on Twitter scoffed at, belittled, and attacked Politifact for turning to an irascible crank in its search for objective truth. The unavoidable question: How does an outfit devoted to fact-checking not spend two minutes checking a prospective hire’s background before announcing that he’s joined the team?
After being punched in the face repeatedly online (but hopefully not offline by Alan Grayson) for its decision, Politifact belatedly put in those two minutes of fact-checking and bowed to reality:
PolitiFact@PolitiFact
We sought out a Democrat and Republican to critique our work in order to try to improve the trust and credibility in fact-checking and PolitiFact. It has become clear our choice of Alan Grayson did not meet that threshold to many. pic.twitter.com/uJuoHhiObI
PolitiFact@PolitiFact
We called Alan a short while ago and informed him that we would be canceling our agreement for him to write on PolitiFact. We remain committed to this experiment, however, and will be seeking out a Democrat to replace Alan. If you have a good suggestion, please reach out.
2:04 PM - Feb 1, 2018
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