Donald Trump versus the fact checkers

Published September 17, 2015 4:01am ET



A well-known fact checker flunked Donald Trump in June for suggesting incorrectly that there are no Chevys in Japan, that the Islamic State has built a hotel in Syria, and that nuclear warheads in the United States are likely inoperable — and all of these fact checks came from a single speech.

Things have only gotten busier for fact-checkers, including FactCheck.org and PolitiFact, as Trump, the 2016 Republican presidential front-runner, has amplified the bluster and grandiose posturing.

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