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The adversarial system—in which two parties with opposing interests argue against each other—is hailed from the first year of law school as the ultimate way to ascertain the truth.

No one serious about facts would receive a text message of dubious veracity and blast it out to millions to ascertain its accuracy.

On September 9, a staffer working for GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance contacted the city manager of Springfield, Ohio, to ascertain the truth around rumors of Haitian immigrants eating local pets, only to be told that such claims were entirely baseless, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

In her post-debate reaction, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow repeated the wisdom many TV experts have shared about debates, which is that you can ascertain all you need to know with the sound off.

It is impossible to ascertain the exact number of babies they may have killed, given the way the data was gathered.