Did Fact-Checking Work In The 2012 Campaign? - Forbes

Did Fact-Checking Work In The 2012 Campaign? - Forbes

People often say that politicians don’t pay a price for deception, but this time was different: A flood of negative press coverage rained down on the Romney campaign, and he failed to turn the tide in Ohio, the most important state in the presidential election.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Horton#The_fall_campaign

Lee Atwater pioneered many of these Iv counter innovations by using deceptive advertising and spreading false rumors. Much of this was to counter the innovative B and often also deceptive Democratic ideas leading to a chaotic Iv-B deceptive war in the media.