PolitiFact: Lie of the Year and Top Ten Fact Checks

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PolitiFact staff comb through hundreds of claims made by politicians and public figures and at the end of each year they identify what they believe was the biggest, most important lie. PolitiFact Editor Angie Holan joins us to explain how fact checkers chose the 2018 Lie Of The Year.

PolitiFact California reporter Chris Nichols also shares the 10 most popular fact checks of 2018.