Dustin Roberts :: Blog :: Class assignment

This week's assignment will be about fact checking. Any well informed citizen should not take things said by politicians at face value, but we should question them. One should be able to find good information about claims made by presidential candidates, because they tend to stretch the truth. For this assignment, I would like for you to find a statement made by both on the major candidates (Barack Obama and John McCain -- one for each) that doesn't stand up against reality. Find and post the statement and the reality, as well as a short (one paragraph) explanation on your findings. To find the untrue statement, you may use any major news outlet, but to find the truth about the statement, use respected, non-commercial news outlets (PBS.org, NPR.org, ProCon.org, FactCheck.org, or BBC.co.uk - any other sites will have to be approved by me. .org's and .edu's are good starts). Please have this done on Thursday. As always, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to email me.