FactChecking McCain

FactCheck | Sep. 6, 2008 (News Analysis)

Sen. John McCain's acceptance speech to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul on Sept. 4 was couched more in generalities than in specifics, offering fewer factual claims to check than we found in other speeches to the gathering. But we found some instances where the nominee strained the truth. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Republicans, John McCain
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Sep 6, 2008 - 3:47 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Fred Gatlin (review), Barry Grossheim (review), Oh Urs (review), steve abrams (review), Brijender Mann (review), Randy Morrow (review), Floss Shahbegian (review)
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Fred Gatlin
2.8
 by Fred Gatlin - Oct. 1, 2008

This story checks the accuracy of John McCain's acceptance speech. McCain spoke in generalities, which makes it harder to check facts. However a common theme emerges, McCain stretches the truth and includes several statement that are not factual.

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Oh Urs
4.1
 by Oh Urs - Oct. 1, 2008

Nice fact checking work, informative and easy to read.

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Derek Hawkins
4.0
 by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 1, 2008
Derek posted this story.
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Randy Morrow
4.1
 by Randy Morrow - Oct. 1, 2008
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Barry Grossheim
4.0
 by Barry Grossheim - Oct. 1, 2008

A good and easy to read reality check.

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Floss Shahbegian
3.9
 by Floss Shahbegian - Oct. 1, 2008
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Brijender Mann
3.3
 by Brijender Mann - Oct. 1, 2008

The facts are acurate, however, more are needed to hit harder.

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steve abrams
5.0
 by steve abrams - Oct. 1, 2008
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