RomeoStevens comments on ClearerThinking's Fact-Checking 2.0 - Less Wrong Discussion
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This a is a fully general counterargument to everything from consumer reports to examine.com to the organic movement. Basically anything that attempts to help people be better informed can be accused of lost purposes.
i think you could steelman this as "You should only use fact checkers who don't have significant adverse incentives". Consumer Reports and Examine.com fit the bill, politifact may not.
That's fair.