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PolitiFact: Lie of the Year and Top Ten Fact Checks

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 | Sacramento, CA | Permalink
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Many of PolitiFact California's most popular fact checks of 2018 had to do with the state's marijuana policy.

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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.

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    PolitiFact California’s Top 10 Most Popular Fact Checks Of 2018

    Tuesday, December 11, 2018
    Claims on highly-charged topics from immigration to mass shootings to California’s stark divide between the rich and the poor all made PolitiFact California’s Top 10 most popular fact checks of 2018.

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