Open Channel - How do we keep candidates from lying over and over?: "After a presidential debate, even before the debate has ended, we're able now to read fact-checks from Pulitzer Prize-winning PolitiFact and many news organizations.
But shouldn't the candidates get their facts straight and tell the truth in the first place?
"American politics has become a battle of talking points," said Bill Adair, editor of PolitiFact and Washington bureau chief for The Tampa Bay Times. "Once candidates find a talking point they like, they often stick with it — even when fact-checkers say it's wrong.""
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Politicians' bite, the sound bite- and truth
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