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Snopes and the Fact-Checked Claims That Weren’t Really Made

Snopes and the Fact-Checked Claims That Weren’t Really Made
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
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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.

John S. Hirschauer is a journalist and former William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism at National Review Institute.
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