As federal leaders hit the campaign trail for a Sept. 20 election, the Star intends to find out. Former Star Washington correspondent and CNN reporter Daniel Dale tallied tens of thousands of falsehoods during Trump’s four years in the White House. “Facts are a small part of truth,” said Janice Stein, founding director of the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. As the Star fact-checker for this upcoming election campaign, I’ve got a tough job ahead of me. Lex Harvey is a Toronto-based newsletter producer for the Star and author of the First Up newsletter.

Source: thestar August 15, 2021 15:22 UTC