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Live presidential debate fact check and commentary

Oct 19, 2016, 3:31 PM | Updated: 6:43 pm

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BY MYNORTHWEST STAFF


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Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton are going head-to-head for the third and final debate Wednesday night. Use our debate fact check feed below, as well as commentary from KIRO Radio’s Jason and Burns Show.

The debate fact check feed includes tweets from PoliticFact, FactCheck.org, and NPR. It also includes Clinton’s own fact checker, for reference, since she has mentioned it during each debate. It should be noted: that account — The Briefing — is likely biased toward its candidate.

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Debate commentary from KIRO Radio’s Jason and Burns


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