Tuesday, October 11, 2011

A Look at PolitiFact Grades of Candidates - NYTimes.com

A Look at PolitiFact Grades of Candidates (From Nate Silver's 538 Blog/NYT)

By MICAH COHEN

In politics, sifting for the truth can be a difficult endeavor. Black and white are rare commodities, and most often voters, the press, politicians and political observers are left trading in grays.

It can be frustrating. But several organizations have sprung up with the sole mission of wringing out some clarity. One of the most respected is PolitiFact, a venture of The St. Petersburg Times. PolitiFact, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009, started grading political claims in 2007 and has amassed a sizable chunk of data. So, we thought it would be fun to examine the report cards earned so far by the declared 2012 Republican presidential candidates.


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