Monday, December 26, 2016

Fact-checking 2016: Trump dominates annual review of political falsehoods

Eugene Kiely, Lori Robertson and Robert Farley, FactCheck.org

A year ago, we broke with past practice and named Donald Trump our first-ever “King of Whoppers.” This year, the reigning champ defended his title well — once again dominating our annual review of political whoppers.
At his campaign rallies, Trump regularly disparaged the media as “dishonest,” referring at one point to fact-checkers as “dishonest scum.” Yet, he peddled conspiracy theories from a supermarket tabloid and a website that serves as a platform for the alt-right. ( White Supremacy}

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