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Truth and fibbing in campaign claims on the trail
A broad review notes that political candidates from Romney to Giuliani Obama and Clinton have made exaggerated or false statements. Fact checking via Lexis-Nexis and blogs accelerates correction, while campaigns grow more cautious. Analysts say precision in wording and data is crucial to sustain credibility amid rapid media scrutiny.
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Washington
Mitt Romney
March
Martin Luther King Jr
Rudolph Giuliani
John McCain
United States
Ron Paul
Mexico
Canada
U.S
Barack Obama
Hillary Clinton
Iraq
John Edwards
NAFTA
Joe Biden
Leonid Brezhnev
YouTube
Lexis-Nexis
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
University of Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Mike Huckabee
Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto
Huckabee
U.S. Border Patrol
Denver Post
Philippines
Poland
Romney
Iowa
Brooks Jackson
Annenberg Political Fact Check
Mike Gehrke
Democratic National Committee
King
Giuliani
Britain
New York
New York Times
Obama
Washington Post
U.S. Census and
Bureau of Justice Statistics
NAACP
Harlem
Ghullani
Massachusetts
New York City
Gehrke
DNC