PBS and their “independent fact-checker” partners at PolitiFact can agree: the Democratic convention was much more factual than the Republican convention. So Democrats didn’t just corner the market on “joy” and “electricity,” but apparently on facticity.
PolitiFact editor-in-chief Katie Sanders appeared on Thursday’s News Hour before Kamala Harris had even spoken. She did not appear during the prime-time convention coverage to “referee” the proceedings, as she did during the GOP convention.
Anchorman Geoff Bennett requested a premature endorsement of how the Democrats exceeded the Republicans:
GEOFF BENNETT: You were with us at the Republican National Convention as well. When you compare the RNC to the DNC, which gathering has shown the greatest fidelity to the facts?
KATIE SANDERS: Certainly, there’s been some exaggerations this week about — or…
