Truth tally
The electorate has a vested interest in sussing out who, once in the Oval Office, will fess up to embarrassing — or worse, incriminating — stories and resist the temptation to save face through misdirection.
So who’s more apt to tell a whopper?
The answer appears clear: Donald Trump.
Fact-checkers at the Washington Post keep close tabs on the candidates and in the past week have published articles like “Trump’s false claim that Clinton only recently pledged to renegotiate NAFTA” and “Trump is right: He didn’t kick a baby out of a campaign rally.”
A recent breakdown of the candidates’ questionable statements through July concluded that 63 percent of Trump’s assertions earned the lowest truthfulness rating (Four Pinocchios) while just 14 percent of Clinton’s claims earned the same distinction.
In summary, the Washington Post concluded that “the ratio of Trump’s Four-Pinocchios ratings is sky-high. In fact, nearly 85 percent of Trump’s claims that we vetted were false or mostly false …
By contrast, Clinton has a bell curve of a typical politician.”
Similarly, the non-partisan fact-checking site Politifact features Trump statements far more often than Hillary’s in its “Pants On Fire” section devoted to the most egregious of mistruths.
more:
http://wfla.com/2016/08/18/who-lies-more-clinton-or-trump/
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