FactChecking the March Democratic Debate
By FactCheck.org Summary The first head-to-head debate of the Democratic presidential primary between former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders focused on the government’s…
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FactChecking the South Carolina Debate
By Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, D’Angelo Gore, Jessica McDonald and Saranac Hale Spencer – Factcheck.org Summary In the last Democratic debate before Super Tuesday, the candidates often talked over…
FactChecking the Las Vegas Democratic Debate
By Brooks Jackson, Eugene Kiely, Robert Farley, Lori Robertson, D’Angelo Gore, Jessica McDonald and Angelo Fichera – Factcheck.org Summary Many of the factual disputes centered on disagreements among the candidates: Former New York…
FactChecking the New Hampshire Democratic Debate
By FactCheck.org Summary Four days before the New Hampshire primary, seven Democratic presidential candidates debated. We found factual distortions on several issues: Former Vice President Joe…
FactChecking the January Democratic Debate
By Brooks Jackson, Eugene Kiely, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, Jessica McDonald, Saranac Hale Spencer, D’Angelo Gore and Angelo Fichera – Factcheck.org Summary In the final Democratic debate before the Iowa caucuses, there were fewer…
FactChecking the December Democratic Debate
By Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, Jessica McDonald, Angelo Fichera and D’Angelo Gore – FactCheck.org Summary We found several misleading and exaggerated claims in the last debate of 2019: Sen….
Democratic candidates threaten to boycott presidential debate over labor dispute
A Democratic presidential debate scheduled for next week in California was thrown into upheaval on Friday when all seven of the candidates who’ve qualified for…
FactChecking the November Democratic Debate
By Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, D’Angelo Gore, Jessica McDonald, Saranac Hale Spencer, Chelsey Zhu and Katherine Hartzell – FactCheck.org Summary We spotted several false claims and factual flubs: South Bend Mayor…
FactChecking the October Democratic Debate
By Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, D’Angelo Gore, Jessica McDonald, Angelo Fichera and Chelsey Zhu – Factcheck.org Summary We found several false and misleading claims in the October Democratic presidential debate:…
FactChecking July’s Round Two Debate
By Eugene Kiely, Lori Robertson, D’Angelo Gore, Brooks Jackson, Jessica McDonald and Angelo Fichera – Factcheck.org Summary Another debate, and another crop of false and misleading claims. Sen. Kamala Harris of California…
FactChecking the Second Democratic Debate
By Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson, D’Angelo Gore, Jessica McDonald and Saranac Hale Spencer – Factcheck.org Summary We flagged false and misleading claims from several candidates: Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke…
FactChecking Round Two of the Democratic Debate
By Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, Jessica McDonald, Saranac Hale Spencer and Angelo Fichera – Factcheck.org Summary The second group of 10 Democratic presidential candidates made false and misleading claims…
FactChecking the First 2020 Democratic Debate
By Eugene Kiely, Lori Robertson, Brooks Jackson, Robert Farley, Angelo Fichera, Jessica McDonald and D’Angelo Gore – FactCheck.org Summary The debate season for the 2020 presidential election kicked off with 10 Democratic candidates…