In 2012 a lot has been said in these presidential debates, but what is true and what is not true? That is the question many of us as U.S citizens ask our selves. For the ordinary american it is hard to look back four years to see if what these candidates are saying is true or not. Thats where the fact collectors come in. Click below for more info
With the presidential and vice presidential debates fully under way, and both parties claiming that their opponents are liars, websites and news shows are inundated with experts and reporters who inform voters about whether candidates are making claims that have little basis in fact.
Like the card game “B.S,” in which players call fellow players when they lie about what card has been put into the collective pile, the fact-checkers shout out to Americans when they find that politicians are injecting falsehood into the news cycle.But it is not clear what impact the fact checkers are having on the public at large or, nearly as important, on the politicians. They keep laying out the facts and the politicians keep stretching the truth. There is little evidence that the public is outraged by any of the revelations nor that it has any real influence on how the politicians conduct themselves, other than to provide more campaign fodder for attacks on their opponents.
