Does Politifact's COVID fact-checker have any medical experience? The answer to that question has to be yes, right? Right!?
Nope.
It's surprising that Politifact's COVID fact-checker does not seem to have any medical experience, given the importance of the topic. One would expect a fact-checking site like Politifact to have at least a medical writer or someone with more advanced medical knowledge on their team to address the spread of COVID disinformation. Having someone with even a basic medical background could greatly improve the accuracy and reliability of their fact-checking efforts.
Twitter user TexasLindsay makes a great Twitter thread to expose what a fraud Jeff Cerrone is. Check it out:
1. Meet Jeff.
For what it’s worth, Jeff looks like a nice guy. I’m even willing to bet that Jeff wakes up everyday and tries his best to do his job, despite his shortcomings and lack of credentials to do so. pic.twitter.com/nVsCz6apAb
— TexasLindsay™ (@TexasLindsay_) January 1, 2023
2. You see, Jeff is a “Fact-Checker” for Politifact and gets paid to discredit Covid misinformation. So one might ask what are Jeff’s qualification?
1) Is Jeff a Doctor? No.
2) Is Jeff a Scientist? No.
3) Does he have a PhD? No.
4) Does he have medical experience? No. pic.twitter.com/qixq4QBSku— TexasLindsay™ (@TexasLindsay_) January 1, 2023
3. Jeff is for all intents and purposes a wordsmith. Alongside a profile picture of him as a dog, is a list of his journalistic contributions and associations. pic.twitter.com/j2uVhs6ViQ
— TexasLindsay™ (@TexasLindsay_) January 1, 2023
4. Like I said before, Jeff is probably a nice guy, but Jeff is just one of many in an epidemic of ‘False Fact-Checking Prophets’ who are plaguing society right now. Each of whom are paid to discredit inconvenient truths and mislead the public.
— TexasLindsay™ (@TexasLindsay_) January 1, 2023
5. For instance, take a look this fact-check by Jeff as a recent example of his work. Jeff rated this tweet as “FALSE”:
The Tweet vs. The Fact Check pic.twitter.com/SKHQ8e5LTH
— TexasLindsay™ (@TexasLindsay_) January 1, 2023
6. So how did Jeff arrive at the “False” conclusion? Well, weirdly it’s unclear since the evidence he presented to supposedly support a “False” claim, directly contradicts his conclusion and actually verifies the original @hodgetwins tweet. pic.twitter.com/trR80v4Lp9
— TexasLindsay™ (@TexasLindsay_) January 1, 2023
7. Now one might ask:
—Are ‘False Fact-Checking Prophets’ just totally inept?
Or
—Are ‘False Fact-Checking Prophets’ relying on the ineptitude of the public?Some could likely make a case for either, or both for that matter.
— TexasLindsay™ (@TexasLindsay_) January 1, 2023
8. There’s also another recent fact-check that was also concluded as “False” by Jeff. This claim was regarding a social media post insinuating that clots/strokes in athletes was likely a side effect of the vaccines. pic.twitter.com/2erEqLgeUO
— TexasLindsay™ (@TexasLindsay_) January 1, 2023
9. One of the athletes mentioned had a stroke due to a blood clot. So did Jeff find evidence proving it wasn’t caused by a C•19 vaccine? No. Doctors said they weren’t able to determine a cause. So how can the vaccine be ruled out? It can’t. Therefore Jeff lied by omission. pic.twitter.com/lB1csKXu5k
— TexasLindsay™ (@TexasLindsay_) January 1, 2023
10. And another of the athletes aforementioned, doesn’t support his false label either—and further validates he should have labeled it as inconclusive/unknown since Jeff was unable to explicitly rule out if the blood clots in her lungs were caused by the C•19 shot or not. pic.twitter.com/negyPQUVYR
— TexasLindsay™ (@TexasLindsay_) January 1, 2023
11. If Jeff was a pathologist, vaccinologist or treated any of the athletes, then we might view it as his medical opinion, but he’s not. Sadly, Jeff acts as a propagandist, discrediting inconvenient truths at the expense of misleading the public. #DefundFactCheckers
— TexasLindsay™ (@TexasLindsay_) January 1, 2023
It is not uncommon for fact-checkers to have their own biases and agendas, leading them to manipulate or ignore certain facts in order to fit a certain narrative. This undermines the credibility of the fact-checking industry and can lead to mistrust from the public. It is no wonder that some people mock and ridicule fact-checkers for their lack of objectivity.
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