Where Do You Find All The Fact Checks From Tuesday Night's Debate?
B|E Brief
Tuesday night’s debate was quite a contentious and epic affair. Discussions about what was said, who said it, how they said, the way they looked and who - in the end - won will be ongoing for the next week and even two. We’ll all be watching very closely at what the impact will be on voter intentions and if what happened caused any major shift in polling and, more importantly, the final outcome on Election Day.
But, beyond the body language and sparring, the most critical aspect of this debate was sifting through the volume of lies and distortions being pushed by one particular candidate: Donald Trump. That is a non-partisan, unbiased and factual observation. Here’s a quick and useful go-to summary of several major media outlets who sifted through all the mendacity. We hope this helps …
CNN
Former President Donald Trump delivered more than 30 false claims during Tuesday’s presidential debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, CNN’s preliminary count found – as he did during his June debate against President Joe Biden.
Trump again delivered a staggering quantity and variety of false claims, some of which were egregious lies about topics including abortion, immigration and the economy.
Harris was far more accurate than Trump; CNN’s preliminary count found just one false claim from the vice president, though she also added some claims that were misleading or lacking in key context.
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Washington Post
In their first and perhaps only presidential debate in the 2024 election, a defensive former president Donald Trump relied on many of his favorite falsehoods to combat attacks from Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris stretched the truth on occasion, but she was no match in the falsehood department against Trump.
Here’s a roundup of 55 claims that caught our interest, in the order in which they were made. (In some cases we have grouped similar Trump statements together.) As is our practice, we do not award Pinocchios when we do a roundup of facts in debates.
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NPR
Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off Tuesday in their first — and possibly only — debate of the 2024 campaign, taking questions on key issues like the border, the economy and abortion.
With the candidates virtually tied in the polls, and just 55 days until Election Day, Trump and Harris sought to define their visions for America in front of a national audience and deflect attacks from the other side.
NPR reporters fact-checked the candidates' claims in real time. Here's what they found …
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The Guardian
Donald Trump repeatedly made false and misleading claims about immigrants “eating the pets”, his connection to Project 2025 and the Central Park Five, among other topics, during his debate with Kamala Harris on Tuesday in Philadelphia.
At the first debate of this presidential election cycle in June – when Joe Biden was still the Democratic party’s nominee – moderators took a completely hands-off approach to fact-checking. The light moderation meant that lies and half-truths, most frequently from Trump, went unchallenged during the primetime debate.