Postprocessing politifact.com 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 0: Pants on Fire
Average Degree of Truth in campaign and advocacy statements
Flagrant-Falsehood Rate percentage of source’s statements classified as False or Pants-On-Fire
How frequent and how severe are attacks in campaign and advocacy statements?
How many statements were made and reviewed? Number of statements made, chosen for review, or both?
Flagrant Falsehood Counts Number of False and Pants on Fire Ratings
Rating Counts, 2 Classes Derived from 187 Reviews by PolitiFact.com