PolitiFact Truth-o-meter

Last September, when Politifact compiled their list of which TV station lies the most vs. who tells the truth the most, one shouldn’t be shocked to see Fox News took the cake for most lies with 58 percent of statements being made being rated “Mostly False,” “False.” or “Pants on Fire.” NBC and MSNBC came in second place with 45 percent of statements being false, and CNN came in third with only 22 percent.

Well now we’re in January, and Politifact has updated their list to see, again, which station lies the most and who tells the truth the most.

Politifact measured their statements “made by a pundit or a host or paid contributor on a particular network. They do not include statements made by elected leaders, declared candidates or party officials.”

Again, it should be of no surprise that Fox News takes first place in the lies department. Even less shocking, their number of lies jumped from 58 percent to 60 percent. NBC and MSNBC dropped to 44 percent, and CNN dropped to 20 percent.

According to Politifact:

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