re: #194 Daniel Ballard

I’m not pretending focus, format and purpose make a difference without a worthwhile distinction.

Sure, they make a distinction. Politifact is a fact-checking website run by the Tampa Bay Times. I’m asking you how that makes it not part of the Main STream Media. Can you explain your reasoning? You’re simply asserting that because it’s a factchecking subsidiary of the mainstream media, that makes it not part of the mainstream media. I can’t follow your reasoning. How can it be completely controlled by the mainstream media and yet not part of it?

Besides there are a number of fact check sites

And the only one not operated by a mainstream media organization is Factcheck.