How honest or dishonest are they?
Probably the best referee in this game is Factcheck.org, from UPenn’s Annenberg Political Policy Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit consumer advocate for voters. They don’t give out easily classified scores so I can’t summarize briefly, but you can read a comrehensive article from Sept. 25 listing the major whoppers so far. Other players in this game include CNN’s Fact Check and the St. Petersburg (FL) Times, an independent non-profit paper, which runs PolitiFact. They too check on candidates statements and rate them on a scale from “True” to “Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire.” Here is the scorecard through Oct. 21.
