(Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Assessing the candidates' overall truthfulness (updated)
With business executive Carly Fiorina re-entering the 2016 campaign fray last week as Sen. Ted Cruz's designated running mate, we thought it a suitable moment to update the leading candidates' (and running mates') Truth-O-Meter scorecards as of last week, using PolitiFact's system of rating the accuracy of statements they have made. (To learn about the methodology, go to http://tinyurl.com/hp6km47, and to access dynamic scorecards, which update automatically with new fact-checks, go to http://tinyurl.com/zzs9g5f) and click on each candidate's name.
April 29, 2016 at 8:41PM
PolitiFact.com is a project operated by the Tampa Bay Times, in which reporters and editors from the Times and affiliated media outlets "fact-check statements by members of Congress, the White House, lobbyists and interest groups." The Star Tribune opinion pages began periodically republishing these reports this spring.
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