Fact Check

An attempt to set the public narrative about what is true by framing individual's or organization's words in either a positive or negative light. Fact checks use labels such as "mostly true" and "mostly false" to frame equivalent statements in a positive or negative light depending on who made them. They also assume implications and intent of the speaker to frame technically correct statements as inaccurate in that the fact checker's own assumed implications were incorrect. When all else fails they use "missing context" to ignore the accuracy of the statement and interject related information to distract from it.

PolitiFact: "We've fact checked Ron Paul's statement about federal income tax being zero before 1913 as half true. There was one for a 10 year period a half century earlier after all"
Critic: "Didn't you fact check an equivalent statement by Jim Web as mostly true though? Oh wait. He's a democrat, isn't he?"
PolitiFact: ;)

by JassAMan April 30, 2023

optional fact

maintained as factual yet bereft of truth

truthiness synonym

wikipedia is comprised of optional facts. see also kgb youtube.com/watch?v=hoyrMhZFdmY

by wiki*dia May 19, 2013

Jerry-fact

To say something is a fact without knowing it’s a fact

Jerry told me that the moon is made out of cheese, but mom says that is a Jerry-fact.

by Monkeycheesestick June 05, 2022

Naty Fact

A statement that is said to be true but is entirely made up because she (Naty) gets some weird joy from it.

Joe: What's Tylenol made of?
Naty: Dwayne Johnsons third left nipple

Joe: that's a naty fact!

by ItsJustNaty September 05, 2017

Murphy fact

A “Murphy fact” is a piece of information presented in a compelling way as factual, but which has no evidence to support its validity

“If you pull out one grey hair then 10 come to its funeral, I know it’s true because my GP told me” is a classic example of a Murphy fact.

by BrownieQueen May 12, 2022

Fact Rape

A fact Rape is when someone owns(rapes) someone else with a fact.

Thomas and Zaccary were having a conversation on the 2011 elections.

Thomas: Stephen Harper isn't a good prime minister.

Zaccary:Oh yeah, did you know that he lowered the GST by 2% since he was in power?

Some little douchebag in the class:OOOhhhh,you just got fact raped...BITCH!

by I go here in info at school May 01, 2011

Fact Penis

No lie. No Cap. The utter truth.

That rocket is huge, fact penis!

by pappin' all day July 20, 2021