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Special 100-day coverage

By Bill Adair
April 17, 2009

We’ve created a special page to help you assess President Barack Obama’s first 100 days.

The page, which you’ll find here, includes a new chart showing how Obama and others in his administration have fared against the Truth-O-Meter, plus another graphic that tallies our Obameter ratings on the Top 25 promises.

You can find the page

here

, or by simply clicking the “First 100 Days” tab at the top of any PolitiFact page.

The 100-Day Special Report will feature stories we publish over the next week on Obama’s first 100 days and an archive of some of our best coverage of the past three months. 

The charts will automatically update as we make new Truth-O-Meter rulings and Obamaeter

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