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Postprocessing politifact.com reports In reviewing political statements politifact.com defines a 6-step scale For its Truth-O-Meter ™. The sierrafoot.org bar chart for Average Degree of Truth Uses the 0-5 numeric encoding for this scale. Levels are: 5: True 4: Mostly True 3: Half True 2: Mostly False 1: False 0: Pants on Fire
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Average Degree of Truth in campaign and advocacy statements 3.08 2.15 3.29 2.21
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Flagrant-Falsehood Rate percentage of source’s statements classified as False or Pants-On-Fire
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How frequent and how severe are attacks in campaign and advocacy statements?
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How many statements were made and reviewed? Number of statements made, chosen for review, or both? 61 122 38 34
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Flagrant Falsehood Counts Number of False and Pants on Fire Ratings 12 46 6 11
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Rating Counts, 2 Classes Derived from 187 Reviews by PolitiFact.com
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