Let's use a MSM article, by a company funded seemingly by the left, to debunk an MIC story, quoting MIC.
This MIC entity announced a USD 2 trillion hole on 2001/09/10 and according to the MSM entity you used, had a USD 37 trillion issue in 2020, well before Russian-man-bad. (
link)
Seems legit.
Your ref is
www.politifact.com, funded in 2021 by, (
linky)
Microsoft: $20,000 (For sponsorship of United Facts of America)
Facebook: $25,000 (For sponsorship of United Facts of America)
SmartNews: $5,000 (For sponsorship of United Facts of America)
TikTok: $25,000 (For sponsorship of United Facts of America)
AmeriHealth Caritas: $25,000 (For sponsorship of United Facts of America)
Google News Initiative: $25,000 (For sponsorship of United Facts of America)
Craig Newmark Philanthropies: $25,000 (For sponsorship of United Facts of America)
Trust Project: $2,500 (For sponsorship of United Facts of America)
Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust: $50,000
Facebook: $85,000 (NABJ fact-checking fellowship)
Facebook: $10,000 (Facebook business accelerator)
Friends of the Earth: $13,000 (Support fact-checking claims about the environment and climate change)
Common Cause: $5,000 (Support fact-checking claims about Virginia election)
But politifact.com was purchased recently by
www.poynter.org. (
funders)
Poynter Funders
AARP
Democracy Fund
Google News Initiative
Meta
Microsoft
National Endowment for Democracy
Omidyar Network | Luminate
TikTok
WhatsApp
Then there is this,
https://www.politifactbias.com/
I'd rather bias towards anything coming out of Russian and reported by so-called 'alt' media than anything coming or of MSM or a leftist cesspit.
All the more, I'd rather make up my own mind than being 'told' or spoon-fed the 'facts'.
Relax and leave the fact checking to the gentle forum participant.
Golden Regards
Uncle