FactCheck.org Week in Review

FactChecking the 12th GOP Debate
March 11, 2016
The candidates’ factual stumbles touched on ISIS, ethanol, climate change and more.

FactChecking the Eighth Democratic Debate
March 10, 2016
Clinton and Sanders stretch the facts on immigration, the environment and other issues.

Polar Bears Far from ‘Strong and Healthy’
March 8, 2016
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said the “latest research” shows “polar bear numbers are strong and healthy” in her state. Polar bears are listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. Of the two populations in Alaska, one is declining, and the status of the other is unknown.

Trump University’s D- Rating
March 8, 2016
Donald Trump gets an ‘F’ for a video he posted to YouTube purporting to tell the “truth” about Trump University, the real-estate program that has been the subject of three ongoing lawsuits alleging fraud.

Clinton-Sanders Bailout Brawl
March 7, 2016
This time Bernie Sanders cherry-picks the facts about the auto bailout of 2008 and 2009 — which has become a point of contention between Sanders and Hillary Clinton in the final days before the Michigan presidential primary.

FactChecking the Seventh Democratic Debate
March 7, 2016
Clinton and Sanders stretched the facts on the auto bailout, fracking, trade deals and more.

New to Players Guide 2016

Our Principles PAC
March 8, 2016
A super PAC formed by Republicans in January 2016 to thwart Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.