We highlight some TV ads that made us laugh out loud and either shake our heads or scratch them.
The 2016 FactCheck Awards
Stories by D'Angelo Gore
Staff Writer, FactCheck.org
Future45/45Committee
An anti-Hillary Clinton super PAC and its affiliated advocacy organization.
Spinning the FBI Letter
Director James Comey’s vague announcement sparks partisan distortions.
Trump Wrong on Murder Rate
Donald Trump said that the murder rate in the U.S. is the “highest it’s been in 45 years” and “the press never talks about it.” The press doesn’t talk about it because Trump’s claim is wildly inaccurate.
Clinton’s Connection to FBI Official
Without any evidence, Donald Trump said that Hillary Clinton knew that “one of the closest people” to her donated over $675,000 to the campaign of the wife of an FBI official who investigated Clinton’s use of a private email system as secretary of state.
FactChecking the Final Presidential Debate
In the final debate in Las Vegas, we found the deck was still stacked against the facts.
Jolly, Trump Photos Are Fake
Some voters may be misled by a Democratic TV ad that uses fake images, marked “dramatization,” of Republican Rep. David Jolly and Donald Trump shaking hands and appearing together.
Trump Twists Facts on WikiLeaks
Donald Trump cited apparent excerpts from Hillary Clinton’s past closed-door speeches, contained in emails leaked by WikiLeaks, but he twisted those excerpts in some cases.
FactChecking the Second Presidential Debate
We found a mountain of false and misleading statements in the second meeting of the presidential nominees.
Fired Over VA Wait Times
Speaking at a CNN town hall about the military, President Barack Obama suggested that his administration “fired a whole bunch of people who were in charge of some of these facilities” involved in the wait-times scandal at the Department of Veterans Affairs. That’s not the case.