PolitiFact’s ‘Big News’ On Alan Grayson Joining The Team Doesn’t Go As Planned

Oh look! Another reason to NEVER TAKE POLITIFACT SERIOUSLY.

Big news! Former Florida U.S. Reps. @DavidJollyFL and @AlanGrayson have agreed to serve as reader advocates for PolitiFact. They'll be critiquing our work and publishing on https://t.co/6iAcZZN0ud. Read why we're doing this, and let us know what you think. https://t.co/XBEjhDez7j

— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) February 1, 2018

Soooooo if that tweet isn’t showing up, it’s because PolitiFact deleted it and suddenly decided that Grayson is the worst possible choice EVER.

Here’s a screenshot of the original tweet:

And here’s the initial reaction:

.@AlanGrayson is the best you could do? Haven't you fact-checked him several times only to find that he lied? pic.twitter.com/b3wWk3d4et

— Janet Shan (@hinterlandg) February 1, 2018

Uh, yeah. That made this 10 times more awkward…

Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., says GOP's Keystone XL bill was an 'earmark' under House rules. False. http://t.co/CJXjUToGx2

— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) May 31, 2013

This is awkward.https://t.co/1WOiPwU6Nr

— Adrenochrome Harvester (@ClenchedFisk) February 1, 2018

SHOT: Alan Grayson named PolitiFact reader advocate.

CHASER: "Grayson threatens to have POLITICO reporter arrested"https://t.co/mjlPlYoTxk

— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) February 1, 2018

Double awkward!

And, oh yeah, he's been accused of domestic assault too… https://t.co/YMCqzYtPby

— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) February 1, 2018

Triple awkward!

Was Michael Wolff unavailable?

— Angelo (@angelo100) February 1, 2018

Dead.

Wow, I didn't think I could take politifact less seriously.

— Tom (@tomsabot) February 1, 2018

I think the overwhelming reaction @PolitiFact is that this is a bad idea….

— 👑💎❄👠blizzard_queen👑💎❄👠 (@beckysterne) February 1, 2018

Ya think? Nothing about this is a good idea. PolitiFact figured that out REAL quick and canceled the entire thing. They’re all, “JK!”

We sought out a Democrat and Republican to critique our work in order to try to improve the trust and credibility in fact-checking and PolitiFact. It has become clear our choice of Alan Grayson did not meet that threshold to many. pic.twitter.com/uJuoHhiObI

— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) February 1, 2018

We called Alan a short while ago and informed him that we would be canceling our agreement for him to write on PolitiFact. We remain committed to this experiment, however, and will be seeking out a Democrat to replace Alan. If you have a good suggestion, please reach out.

— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) February 1, 2018

We deleted previous tweets to avoid confusion.

— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) February 1, 2018

Keep in mind, PolitiFact goons didn’t realize that this was a bad idea on their own. They needed Twitter to tell them.