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from Fact-checking of 2015 races (number of quotes indicated): |
EXPLANATORY NOTE by OnTheIssues.org:
"Fact-checking" means that an independent news/political organization examines statements made in campaign advertising or in poltiical debates, to see if they are objectively true or not.
The first fact-checking organization was called FactCheck.org (described below) but in recent years many other organizations have joined in. Some that we use are:
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Fact-checking has become commonplace in recent years; but originally we used only FactCheck.org. They are often accused of partisanship (as are all fact-checking services, so we attempt to balance them against each other and report only non-partisan facts here). Following is FactCheck.org's self-description; all of the other services are linked from above so you can check out their similar self-descriptions:
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-- Jesse Gordon, jesse@OnTheIssues.org, Aug. 2014
| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details) |
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Corporations Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: Yes, hedge-fund billionaires run ads against her. John Kasich: FactCheck: Managing Director at Lehman, but not Board member. |
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Energy & Oil Chris Christie: FactCheck: Yes, New Jersey is a solar powerhouse. Barack Obama: FactCheck: US Is biggest oil & gas producer, but privately. |
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Families & Children Rick Santorum: FactCheck: Yes, ISIS declared fatwa to kill disabled kids. |
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Free Trade Rick Santorum: FactCheck: Several other candidates support EXIM Bank too. |
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Government Reform Ben Carson: Regulations cost small businesses $34,000 per employee. |
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Gun Control Martin O`Malley: FactCheck: Yes, ISIL made videos on buying assault weapons. |
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Health Care Carly Fiorina: FactCheck: No evidence of 470,000 failures from ObamaCare. Barack Obama: FactCheck: Yes, 10 million newly insured last year. |
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Homeland Security Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: No, ISIL doesn't cite Trump in recruitment videos. |
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Immigration Ted Cruz: FactCheck: Yes, Bill Clinton deported 12M illegal aliens. |
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Jobs Donald Trump: FactCheck: Yes, Trump wanted a casino, and Jeb opposed it. Donald Trump: 2013: Failed to persuade Florida legislators on large casino. Barack Obama: FactCheck: Yes, unemployment down; but many stopped looking. |
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Principles & Values Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: No evidence Hillary's email server was hacked. Marco Rubio: FactCheck: Senate attendance comparable to other candidates. |
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Social Security Carly Fiorina: No Constitutional role for federally set up retirement plans. |
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Tax Reform Bobby Jindal: FactCheck: JFK lowered top income tax rate from 91% to 65%. |
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Technology George Pataki: FactCheck: No evidence Hillary's email server was hacked. |
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War & Peace Ted Cruz: FactCheck: No, ISIS and Iran haven't declared war on America. |
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Welfare & Poverty Ted Cruz: FactCheck: Yes, 3.7M women became impoverished since 2008. |
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