In a classic example of how political ads mislead viewers by using out-of-context quotes, a TV ad from former President Donald Trump’s campaign cites the New York Times as saying Vice President Kamala Harris “is seeking to significantly raise taxes.” Period, end of sentence. The rest of that sentence in the Times said: “on the wealthiest Americans and large corporations.”
Stories by Lori Robertson
Managing Editor, FactCheck.org
FactChecking the Vice Presidential Debate
Harris Misleadingly Cites Some Economic Analyses of Her Policies and Trump’s
Trump’s Problematic Claims on the Auto Industry
FactChecking the Harris-Trump Debate
Trump vs. Harris on U.S. Manufacturing
FactChecking Harris’ CNN Interview
Trump Calls a Routine Revision of Job Numbers a ‘Lie’
Each year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revises its monthly employment figures, which come from a survey of employers, based on more comprehensive data it obtains later from state filings. But former President Donald Trump called this year’s revision a “total lie,” baselessly claiming that “the Harris/Biden administration has been caught fraudulently manipulating job statistics.”