Fact Checking Our Politicians
December 15, 2011
I went on Politifact.com and did some fact checking on the potential candidates and other popular politicians in the US Government for comparison.
Politifact is a 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner. They fact check various statements by politicians on 6 categories:
- True: The statement is accurate and there’s nothing significant missing.
- Mostly True: The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information.
- Half True: The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context.
- Mostly False: The statement contains some element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression.
- False: The statement is not accurate.
- Pants on Fire: The statement is not accurate and makes a ridiculous claim.
I took the total number of facts checked and figured out the percentage for each category.
RANKED BY FACTS CHECKED
RANKED BY TRUE
RANKED BY MOSTLY TRUE
RANKED BY HALF...
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