Apparently they do. There are some people who research and explain these things for us.

The Washington Post Has “The Fact Checker.” he recently looked at the Republican debate and here is what he found;

Fact checking the GOP debate at the Reagan library

by Glenn Kessler

That was a rip-roaring Republican debate Wednesday night at the Reagan library. As is our practice, we will quickly assess a number of claims and then …  Read More

Another source is PolitiFact.com which rates nearly everything political from being true to “Pants on Fire.” Always an entertaining read, you can see what they had to say about the debate and browse through hundreds of rated comments with explainations.

Fact-checking the Reagan Library debate

The big topic at the Republican debate at the Reagan Library on Sept. 7, 2011, was jobs. We checked several claims the night of the debate, and now we’ve added some additional fact checks — about gasoline and jobs … Read More