Separating Fact and Fiction: Truth and Lies in American Politics Today

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In an age of political polarization, "fact checkers” vow to help voters sort fact from fiction. Can the checkers themselves be trusted? Are some questions too complicated?

In this age of political polarization, "fact checkers" promise to help voters sort out the fact from the fiction. Can the fact checkers themselves be trusted? Are some questions too complicated for "right" or "wrong" answers? Will voters create their own realities whatever the "facts" might be? Also, the Taliban strikes a deal with Qatar to open a peace office. On Reporter’s Notebook, should a new violin really play second fiddle to a Stradivarius or a Guarnerius?

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Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Katie Cooper, Andrea Brody, Christian Bordal