Since President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, FactCheck.org’s posts checking claims in the speech and the GOP responses have been republished on sites across the web and shared thousands of times on social media. USA Today ran the fact-checking State of the Union article as the lead story on its home page on Wednesday, and other sites, including MSN.com and Philly.com, republished the article in full as well. FactCheck.org’s article this week on the final speech of Rick Perry as Texas Governor was also republished and reposted widely through social media.
In a post-speech roundup, PBS NewsHour said FactCheck.org’s story was among the three most notable: “And when they awoke, the land was bountiful with State of the Union fact checks. Three we like? FactCheck.org’s may be the most comprehensive…”
The Washington Examiner, in its roundup, noted on Wednesday: “In a front page splash on its website, USA Today led its coverage with a FactCheck.org report, titled “Fact check: Obama’s State of the Union,” that began: “President Obama largely stuck to the facts in his State of the Union address, although he did cherry-pick data and exaggerate at times to put the best spin on his accomplishments.” The Examiner continued: “The factcheck.org article weighed the accuracy, often critically, of the various claims made by Obama. It is unusual for a daily newspaper to top its coverage of a major event like a presidential address to Congress with the work [of] employees of an outside group instead of its own reporters.”
Related links:
- Rick Perry Mixed & Matched Data On Jobs In Farewell Speech To Texas (The Huffington Post, Jan. 22, 2015)
- Fact Checking Obama’s State of the Union address (Philly.com, Jan. 21, 2015)
- USA Today tops SOTU coverage with tough review (Washington Examiner, Jan. 21, 2015)
- Fact check: GOP responses to State of the Union (KHOU.com (Houston, TX), Jan. 21, 2015)
- President Obama draws a line in the sand with State of the Union (PBS NewsHour Online, Jan. 21, 2015)
- Do Presidents Tend to Lie During the State of the Union Address? (The Huffington Post, Jan. 21, 2015)
- Fact check: Obama’s State of the Union (USA Today/FactCheck.org, Jan. 20, 2015)
