In this presidential election there have been several occurrences where fact-checking and the lack of it has been a major issue. Because it has already been highlighted, one would think that it would not be as necessary- that the players would stick the straight and narrow. The below article explores the misconstrued facts presented at the vice-presidential debate by both Biden and Ryan. At certain times, both of them purposely ignore or manipulate quotes that the other side has said. They also both are not always completely truthful about their own actions.
This causes me to question why we, as the American public, have allowed politicians to get away with this careless behavior for so long. It erases some of the validity of these debates as serious moments and transforms them into something lacking in meaning.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/fact-checking-the-vice-presidential-debate/2012/10/12/e900404a-13d0-11e2-be82-c3411b7680a9_blog.html
This causes me to question why we, as the American public, have allowed politicians to get away with this careless behavior for so long. It erases some of the validity of these debates as serious moments and transforms them into something lacking in meaning.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/fact-checking-the-vice-presidential-debate/2012/10/12/e900404a-13d0-11e2-be82-c3411b7680a9_blog.html
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