Just when you thought you had a reliable place to ago to check on what you suspect is, for example, a political exaggeration…
From the Heritage Foundation (a 2 minute read): https://www.heritage.org/public-opinion/commentary/the-facts-about-fact-checkers
It is a “posting” from 2018, but I’m thinking it remains very accurate today.
What lead to this blog entry? I enjoy reading CNN’s “5 Things”, an email that I receive to start my day, just to see, “Whatsup”. This morning, April 20th, I find this:
President Trump said testing is a local problem that the federal government shouldn’t be handling. He also said the country was testing “millions” per day when the actual number is around 150,000 per day.
I did not fact check it… I had a feeling I didn’t need to…!
And this from the “Independent”, April 2019
Now, on his 801st day, the count stands at 9,451, according to The Washington Post’s Fact Checker’s database that analyses, categories, and tracks every suspect statement the president utters.
9,451 suspect statements… and that was a year ago!
If all this is just half right… !
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