Just as they did before, during and after last week's presidential debate, the fact checkers will be up and running for tonight's vice presidential debate:
-- PolitiFact says , and it will post . If you want to see what it has been saying about the two candidates, it has a and a .
-- FactCheck.org , and it has a .
-- There's also going to be fact-checking from and .
NPR, which will be streaming and broadcasting starting at 9 p.m. ET, will follow the 90-minute debate with a discussion that includes fact-check reports from our correspondents.
Also, NPR social media strategist Andy Carvin is, as always, on Twitter ( ). He'll be watching the truth-squads.
Finally, we'll be live blogging during the debate and will look to flag claims that might bear some scrutiny. Then, we'll come back after the debate with a fresh post that rounds up the highlights — and lowlights? — from all those fact checkers.
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