It has become quite obvious that these days, any person or group who calls themselves "Fact Checkers" are not interested in presenting the truth, but are "checking" the facts: as in the second definition of
verb (used with object):
2: to restrain; hold in restraint or control.
Unfortunately free republic is full of people who will gladly advance and repeat the media narrative just to show how much better informed they are than the Trump voting rubes.
For some reason they think kissing media ass qualifies them for the grown-up table.