Fact-checking Clinton and Trump is not enough
- Written by Gleb Tsipursky, Author, Speaker, Consultant, Coach, Scholar, and Social Entrepreneur. President of Intentional Insights, Assistant Professor in History of Behavioral Science,, The Ohio State University
During the debates, fact-checkers like CNN and Politifact focus on evaluating the truthfulness of what each candidate said.
While it is important to get the facts straight, focusing on the truth of the candidates’ statements is not nearly enough to evaluate the actual impact of the debate on the audience. How candidates say things matters...