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Postprocessing politifact reports

In reviewing political statements politifact.com defines a 6-step scale For its Truth-O-Meter ™. The sierrafoot.org bar chart for Average Degree of Truth Uses the 0-5 numeric encoding for this scale. Levels are:. 5 : True 4 : Mostly True 3 : Half True 2: Mostly False 1: False

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Postprocessing politifact reports

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  1. In reviewing political statements politifact.com defines a 6-step scale For its Truth-O-Meter ™. The sierrafoot.org bar chart for Average Degree of Truth Uses the 0-5 numeric encoding for this scale. Levels are: • 5: True • 4: Mostly True • 3: Half True • 2: Mostly False • 1: False • 0: Pants on Fire Postprocessing politifact.com reports

  2. Average Degree of Truthin campaign and advocacy statements 3.29 3.08 2.21 2.15

  3. Flagrant-Falsehood Ratepercentage of source’s statements classified as False or Pants-On-Fire

  4. How frequent and how severe are attacksin campaign and advocacy statements?

  5. How many statements were made and reviewed?Number of statements made, chosen for review, or both? 122 61 38 34

  6. Flagrant Falsehood CountsNumber of False and Pants on Fire Ratings 46 12 11 6

  7. Rating Counts, 2 Classes Derived from 187 Reviews by PolitiFact.com

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