Twitter and factchecking don't mix during debates

From Columbia Journalism Review Mon Jul 21 2014, 11:50:00

By David Uberti Mitt Romney's assertion in the first 2012 presidential debate - that Obamacare was a government takeover of the healthcare industry - was right in PolitiFact's wheelhouse. And the factchecking organization didn't whiff. With about 10 reporters and editors on duty that night, eyes peeled for both new and oft-repeated factual claims, PolitiFact quickly tweeted a link to its 2010...

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