Were 88% of Conservative ads ‘misleading’?
First Draft News claimed 88% of Conservative ads were ‘misleading’, compared to 7% for Labour.
6 min readJan 14, 2020
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During the latest General Election campaign, political parties and campaigners often had their claims examined by independent fact-checkers.
An organisation called First Draft News claimed that for Conservative party advertisements on Facebook: “nearly 90% of the ads posted in the first days of December push figures already challenged by Full Fact”.