Fact Checking

One of the sites I really enjoy is Fact Check in the US.  While not perfect, it does a very good job in fairly scrutinising claims and measuring them against the facts. We could do with a local version. And they defend and criticise all sides.

For example they defend Hillary Clinton's claims that she helped expand health insurance to cover six million extra , but they find she has been exaggerating her foreign policy experience.

They also rebut Obama's attacks on NAFTA.

And a very strong stinging critique of the DNC's ads against John McCain.  The most notable has been their claims he favours a 100 year war In Iraq, when in he said he wouldn't worry if troops were still there in 100 years if they were *not* being killed or wounded, such as in Japan and Korea.

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