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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNPR: Romney Goes On Offense, Pays For It In First Wave Of Fact Checks
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/10/03/162263539/romney-goes-on-offense-pays-for-it-in-first-wave-of-fact-checks?ft=1&f=1014&sc=twSimilarly, the researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center's FactCheck.org found examples of truth-stretching by both men.
Overall, it was a debate packed with facts, a wonk's delight. From the very first remarks, with President Obama saying 5 million jobs have been created in the private sector over the last 30 months, the debate was very number focused. So there were some things to check. And because Romney made more factual assertions, he's getting dinged more at least in the early hours after the debate by the fact checkers.
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ProSense
(116,464 posts)Jennicut
(25,415 posts)I am still trying to figure out who he is.
Obama will sure have a lot of ad material.
Spitfire of ATJ
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NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)Romney, on the other hand, gave Obama enough ad material for a whole campaign season. We'll be seeing Romney's lies exposed non-stop all over the swing states for the next 5 weeks. And that will have far more of an effect than the debates will.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Not because he put forward more facts.
D'oh.
caraher
(6,279 posts)for a Romney it's only when the lies get uttered in the guise of purported facts that fact checkers will count them as lies. So there's a pretty direct link there
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)WCGreen
(45,558 posts)I'm kind of wonky in that I am a trained accountant with experience in Taxation.
Romney just seemed to throw anything against the wall to see if something might stick.
Cha
(297,638 posts)thanks for posting, fishwax!
flying-skeleton
(698 posts)who cares about Fact checkers ...... when 60 million viewers already saw the debate LIVE. The damage is already done. Obama let Romney pull off the heist of the century !!!!!
ProSense
(116,464 posts)Not Romney, which is why he's counting on an unhinged performance and more lies to shave a point off Obama's lead.
It's not going to happen, and the Obama campaign can replay the treasure of lies and unhinged moments he delivered.
Thanks for being a lying asshole, Mitt.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)the media keeps repeating over and over.
Fuck NPR.