Conservative political commentator Laura Ingraham speaks during the third day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 20, 2016. Mark J. Terrill/AP Photo
A fact-checker’s role is to help readers distinguish fact from fiction by analyzing and rating claims. Sometimes, however, fact-checkers seem to create and check claims that no one is making, or, perhaps inadvertently, blame outlets or individuals for false claims that they didn’t make.
