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on October 10, 2016 in World News

Half a Dozen News Sites Stop Polling Their Readers on Who Won the Presidential Debate

by Ezra Dulis Half a dozen news outlets skipped posting snap polls after the second 2016 presidential debate on Sunday — most likely because Donald Trump touted his dominance of their polls after the first debate in September. The first presidential debate was a tough one for Republican presidential candidate Trump, but he publicly declared victory by citing a slew of unscientific online polls where respondents said he beat his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. The Daily Mail rounded up the results of many of these snap polls, as well, with a headline blaring “Trump won debate by a landslide.” Such a great honor…. View Article

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on October 10, 2016 in World News

Yes, Hillary Clinton Said She Wants to Put ‘Coal Miners Out of Business’

by Jerome Hudson At the second presidential debate, while discussing the topic of energy, fossils fuels, and jobs, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Hillary Clinton “wants to put all the miners out of business.” Fact-Check: TRUE During a March 13, CNN Town Hall in Columbus, Ohio, Clinton said, “We’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.” Clinton continued to explain that “we’ve got to move away from coal and all the other fossil fuels, but I don’t want to move away from the people who did the best they could to produce the energy that we relied on.” Ohio, a key battleground state, was the ninth largest… View Article

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