PolitiTruth
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Free | Cinq-Mars Media | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Swipe left to guess a news story is false and swipe right to guess it is true. The game is made in partnership with the Pulitzer Prize winning organization PolitiFact in the hopes of encouraging players to better discern sources of information while gathering beneficial statistics on public misconceptions. By tapping into our competitive nature, we hope to expand political consciousness.
Guesses are anonymously saved online to show how your political awareness compares to other players, and to help identify the stories people get wrong most often.
Data on public misconceptions in politics is highly reliant on surveys and our hope is with a large audience of people playing, we can make these statistics more robust and reduce response bias.
The game is premiering at E3 2017 through the IndieCade showcase.
PolitiTruth was created by Christopher Cinq-Mars Jarvis and is part of Cinq-Mars Media, a 501(c)3 devoted to education.
www.cinqmarsmedia.com
www.politifact.com
Reviews
As misleading as Politifact
creynolds71
Like the liberal "fact checker" website Politifact, this game skirts the edge of what is truth. Glenn Kessler is notorious for labeling statements as false that are objectively true but used in a way or against a target he doesn't like. Politicians need to be held accountable for their statements but leftists groups like this don't get to define that truth.
Great Fake News Game
J0ciebaby527
Love playing this. Awesome concept and I'm a big fan of politifact.
Great App,...if you are a liberal.
KennySmethers
It seems that most issues discredit conservatives while vindicating liberals.
Politi-lie
Mwthatch
When they fact check a conservative they will take one word that may be a slight exaggeration and call it a lie. Politi-BS then takes that same word for a liberal and calls it true. This organization is a political arm of the DNC. They also rarely “fact check” huge lies from democrats and aggressively go after single words in sentences from republicans. Anyone who can not see through their BS is a useful idiot. Should be 0 stars
Good, neutral, and fair
445df4ga
Good bipartisan fact checking. Judging by other reviews, some people just can't handle the truth.
A great idea, and useful for learning
Dpn121212
This app helps find the truth and explains how the truth was arrived at. Pay no strength to those rating the app low because they don't like it being pointed out that they are believing lies. One suggesting for improvement: It makes for awkward reading to start a quiz item with the word "Says..." And then put the name of the source at the bottom of the screen. It would make more sense to start the item in this manner: [name of person or publication] says [whatever they said]. Thank you for this wonderful and fun tool.
Good idea but needs work
Speedo28
Sometimes the questions are confusing. Person X said "blah, blah, blah". Well, yes they did so I say true but the thing they said is false. How about "statement" (said by whomever) and you true/false the statement.
