2016年9月26日 星期一

fact-checked, sit something out, truth-squadding, pants-on-fire-lies

Despite all the truth-squadding, politicians keep spouting falsehoods, and Americans keep believing them.
Do Fact Checks Matter?
Voters' minds are stubborn, and politicians habitually spout falsehoods. That doesn't mean fact-checking is a failure, though.

NPR.ORG



How often did Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton spin facts to fit their arguments? ABC News fact-checked some of the most noteworthy claims made in the debate.


The rise of online fact-checking around the world has kept people honest, says Bill Adair, Duke journalism professor and founder of the Pulitzer Prize–winning website PolitiFact.

Duke's Bill Adair weighs in.
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Some suspect Mr Osborne was involved in Mr Gove’s coup, although the chancellor has not yet thrown his weight behind the justice secretary. “I think he’ll sit it out,” said one minister.



Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen shared an image claiming Hillary Clinton "presided over $6 billion lost at the State Department, sold uranium to the Russians through (her) faux charity, illegally deleted public records, and murdered an ambassador." PolitiFact rated all of these 'pants on fire!'

Pants on Fire or Pant on Fire comes from the rhyme, "Liar liar, pants on fire" and is used to taunt a liar. It can also refer to: Pants on Fire (film), a 2014 Disney XD ...





sit something out






1Not take part in a particular event or activity:he had to sit out Sheffield Wednesday’s UEFA Cup game
1.1Wait without moving or taking action until a particular unwelcome situation or process is over:most of the workers seem to be sitting the crisis out, waiting to see what will happen

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