President Barack Obama speaks to Amazon employees and guests while at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. President Obama visited the center as part of his cross-country trip aimed at jump-starting his economic agenda. This was his first trip to the Scenic City since he took office as president.
The speech President Barack Obama gave eight days ago in Chattanooga was jam-packed with facts and figures.
Wouldn’t it be nice to know, in real time, how truthful the president’s — and other politicians’ — speeches are?
Turns out, there’s an app for that — though it’s still under development. The Washington Post is working on Truth Teller, a prototype smart phone application that someday will allow users to hold up a phone to record a politician and find out immediately how truthful the speech is, Cory Haik, The Washington Post’s executive producer for digital news, wrote in blog post.
In the meantime, national nonpartisan fact-checking organizations have analyzed statements Obama made at the Amazon Fulfillment Center at Chattanooga’s Enterprise South industrial park.
The Tampa Bay Times’ Pulitzer Prize-winning website, PolitiFact.com, described as “Mostly True” two statements Obama made in Chattanooga: