What is PolitiFact?
'''PolitiFact.com''' is a [[Nonprofit organization|nonprofit project]] operated by the [[Poynter Institute]] in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]], with offices there and in [[Washington, D.C.]] It began in 2007 as a project of the ''[[Tampa Bay Times]]'' (then the ''St. Petersburg Times''), with reporters and editors from the [[newspaper]] and its affiliated news media partners reporting on the accuracy of statements made by elected officials, candidates, their staffs, lobbyists, interest groups and others involved in [[U.S. politics]].<ref>{{cite news |title=PolitiFact.com |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |url=http://www.politifact.com |access-date=August 16, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815184905/http://www.politifact.com/ |archive-date=August 15, 2010}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Non-profit organizations of the United States]] [[Category:Organizations based in Florida]] {{US-stub}}