Both presidential campaigns have gained press attention for giving facts a complete makeover the past couple weeks.

The Washington Post’s Fact Checker gave Dem veep-pick Joe Biden four Pinocchios for his accusations that John McCain’s health-care tax would cost middle class Americans over $1 trillion.

Fact Checker Michael Dobbs explains:

Democratic vice presidential hopeful Joe Biden claims that middle class Americans will be slapped with the “largest tax increase in American history” as a result of the McCain health care plan. It is true that McCain has proposed taxing the health-care benefits that Americans receive through their employers. However, Biden conveniently overlooks the fact that the Republican nominee is offering tax-payers a credit that should cover the cost of going out and buying insurance.

But both campaigns are cooking up “whoppers” quicker than fast food. Factcheck.org goes through a pile of them. The staff writes:

Normally we post a “Whoppers” compilation the week before Election Day. This time we’ve already seen such a large number of twisted facts, misleading claims and outright falsehoods that we are doing that now.