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Video from our forum: PolitiFact Wisconsin explains how our election fact-checking works

Wisconsin

By Tom Kertscher
October 23, 2018

Ever wondered how PolitiFact works? How we choose statements to fact check? How we determine our ratings on the Truth-O-Meter?

Watch the video from our Oct. 23, 2018 PolitiFact event in Milwaukee.

The event featured Angie Holan, PolitiFact’s national editor; PolitiFact Wisconsin editor Greg Borowski; and PolitiFact Wisconsin reporter Tom Kertscher. They will spoke and took questions from the audience.

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