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This Is When Your Politicians Have Lied About History
by Allen Mikaelian
Allen Mikaelian is an editor, writer, and erstwhile historian living in DC. These charts were first published on Mr. Mikaelian's blog, Flat Hill, where readers can find other fascinating charts.
● Every circle is a statement. Hover over a circle to see the statement, speaker, and ruling. Click on a circle to reveal a link to the Politifact page discussing this statement. Pages open in a new window.
● Hover over “Collapse all” and you’ll see a box with a minus sign. Click there, and all the topic areas will collapse into one row. Hover over “Expand”, click the box with the plus sign, and you’ll see a long list of subtopics—scroll down to see all.
● If you want to completely reduce all degrees of truth and falsehood into a simple binary, you can find a collapse/expand box by hovering over the words “Shades of Truth.” It’s just to the left. Sort by any row or column.
● Hover over the row or column header, and a small sort icon will appear. If you get lost, click reset at the bottom of the viz.
