Fact Smatter Chart, October 2016: Presidential Candidates’ Truth Ratings
SRP-Politifact Chart For October 6, 2016
Fact Checks
Ah, fact checks!
If you’ve been keeping up with our podcasts, then you’re familiar with our series Word Smatter with Jan the Man. Every week, we tear apart the language of the 2016 Presidential candidates to figure out exactly what these masters of ambiguity are talking about.
And once a month, our View-From-Below reporter, Kissonia Marvel, calls ‘em out. This graphic shows which candidates care about the facts, and which ones don’t.
Data compiled from Politifact.com.
I don’t think Trump supporters care about facts.
It is a strange phenomenon, isn’t it?
I’m old enough to remember when it wasn’t this way. I mean, people have always been naive about what they read in the papers and see on TV. But politicians, at least, used to affect change through compromise.
Compromise? What’s that?
Exactly!