Ex-coal baron Blankenship debuts 'fact-check' campaign site
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April 13, 2018
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — There's a new fact-checking operation in West Virginia, and it leaves one fact out of plain sight — that it's run by U.S. Senate candidate Don Blankenship's campaign.
The website www.factcheckwv.com explores issues in the Senate Republican primary that pits the former Massey Energy CEO against U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins, state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and three others. Those issues include whether President Donald Trump blamed Blankenship for the deadly 2010 Upper Big Branch explosion.
The bottom of the website indicates it's paid for by Don Blankenship for U.S. S...
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