‘Chact’ being usually defined as a colloquialism meaning ‘own arse’, ‘chact fecker’ denotes a mediawhore who specialises - for extra pay - in self-buggery, by turning established truths into lies on behalf of crooks. A profitable career move for ultra-schmucks.
Just a daft thought. Now every time you hear the lying formulation ‘fact checker’ you know what image to conjure… 