How often do major fact-checkers (PolitiFact, FactCheck.org, AP) rate Rachel Maddow's international claims as true or false?

1. What the public records show about PolitiFact’s coverage

PolitiFact has a dedicated personality page and searchable lists of fact-checks for Rachel Maddow that are sortable by year and by ruling — for example separate lists exist for items PolitiFact marked True, False, Half-True and Barely True ^{[6] [1] [2] [3] [4]}. Those PolitiFact lists demonstrate that the outlet has repeatedly evaluated Maddow’s statements across the Truth-O-Meter spectrum ^{[1] [2]}. PolitiFact’s archive format means you can count rulings by filtering their site, but the sources provided do not include an already-compiled numeric summary of how many of her international claims were judged true or false ^{[1] [2]}.

2. What we cannot document from the supplied sources

The user asked “How often do major fact-checkers (PolitiFact, FactCheck.org, AP) rate Rachel Maddow's international claims as true or false.” The available search results include PolitiFact pages but do not include parallel FactCheck.org or AP lists of Maddow rulings, nor do they isolate “international” claims as a separate category ^{[1] [2]}. Therefore I cannot produce an authoritative count or percentage across the three outlets from the materials you gave me — FactCheck.org and AP’s verdicts on Maddow are not found in the current reporting, and PolitiFact’s archive is present but not summarized numerically in the provided snippets ^{[1] [2]}.

3. How to get the precise answer (method you can follow)

To produce the exact frequency you asked for, use PolitiFact’s personality and rulings pages to export or count entries by ruling and then filter by topic (their pages support filtering by speaker and ruling) ^{[1] [2]}. For FactCheck.org and AP, search those sites for “Rachel Maddow” and then manually tag which items concern international topics. The provided PolitiFact pages confirm the needed data exists on their site for such a count, but the supplied results do not include the finished counts themselves ^{[1] [2]}.

4. Context on Maddow and fact-checking dynamics

PolitiFact has long included Maddow in its fact-check beat and has had public and sometimes contentious interactions with her and her audience — coverage and commentary on that relationship date back years ^{[7] [8]}. Other outlets and rumor-checkers such as Snopes have separately examined viral claims about Maddow ^[9], showing she is a frequent subject of verification and rebuttal from multiple fact-checking and rumor-debunking outlets. Those dynamics mean her assertions — domestic and international — attract attention and are archived by fact-checkers ^{[9] [7]}.

5. Competing viewpoints and limitations

PolitiFact’s searchable truth‑meter shows a mix of rulings for Maddow without declaring a broad agenda beyond fact-checking ^{[1] [2]}. Critics and conservative outlets sometimes portray Maddow as prone to error or conspiracy promotion ^{[10] [11]}, while Maddow supporters and some reporting argue fact-checking attention raises visibility and scrutiny rather than proving systematic inaccuracy ^[8]. The sources provided include both PolitiFact’s factual database and opinion/critic pieces; they illustrate disagreement about what the count of rulings signifies, but they do not supply a consolidated, topic‑restricted tally you requested ^{[1] [8] [10]}.

6. Bottom line and next steps

PolitiFact’s archives let you compile counts of how often it rated Maddow’s claims True, False, Half‑True, etc., but the supplied material does not include counts for “international claims” nor does it include FactCheck.org or AP data on Maddow ^{[1] [2]}. If you want, I can: (a) extract and count Maddow rulings from PolitiFact’s site pages cited here, or (b) search FactCheck.org and AP archives for Maddow items and build a topic-tagged tally — tell me which option you prefer and I will proceed using only those sources.