(Poynter)Truthsquad Shows We Can 'Crowdfight' Culture of Misinformation
There's a lot of evidence that suggests that people don't care about the facts anymore. For the umpteenth time, PoltiFact pointed out this week that the latest claim that President Barack Obama was born outside the United States is a big fat lie and that the video tape of Obama admitting his Kenyan birth is a doctored falsehood.
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