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FactChecking the Second Democratic Debate
We found false and misleading claims from Clinton, Sanders and O’Malley in a Saturday night showdown.
Nov. 13: Guns, Birth Citizenship, Income
Clinton on White Middle-Aged Americans
The latest video in our fact-checking collaboration with CNN’s Jake Tapper is on Hillary Clinton’s claim that a recent study showed “white middle-aged Americans without a high school education … are dying earlier than their parents and their grandparents.”
FactChecking GOP Economic Debate
The fourth Republican presidential debate featured fewer candidates, but no shortage of factual missteps.
FactChecking the MSNBC Democratic Forum
The Democratic presidential candidates were interviewed by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in a Nov. 6 forum. And they stretched the facts on a few topics.
Video: Carson on ‘Extreme Bias’
This week, CNN’s Jake Tapper gives the full account of an incident Ben Carson has described as an example of “extreme political bias” on college campuses.
Nov. 6: Missed Votes, Income, Business ‘Deaths’
Carson, Trump at the Debate
The big issue this week was the Republican presidential debates in Boulder, Colorado, and that’s the topic of the latest installment of our weekly fact-checking collaboration with CNN’s Jake Tapper.
FactChecking the CNBC Debates
Republicans make false and misleading claims on jobs, taxes and entitlements in economic-focused debates.