Fact Check Posts – Politifact

Scott Wagner says Pa.’s unemployment rate is 20 percent higher than the national rate. It isn’t.

By Colin Deppen

October 18, 2018

"Our unemployment rate is 20 percent higher than the national average."

Lt. Gov. hopeful Jeff Bartos says the death penalty is a deterrent. Researchers disagree.

By Colin Deppen

October 11, 2018

Capital punishment is a "specific deterrent with the most heinous crimes."

Hazleton wasn’t half-Latino when Lou Barletta was re-elected mayor. He said it was.

By Colin Deppen

June 12, 2018

"The city that I was mayor of was 50 percent Latino, and I won with 90 percent of the vote..."

US losing one bank or credit union a day, but trend was in works before Dodd-Frank

By Colin Deppen

May 31, 2018

"Since the end of the financial crisis, we have seen an average of one community bank or credit union disappear every day."

Pennsylvanians would only pay for a fraction of Gov. Tom Wolf’s severance tax

By Colin Deppen

May 25, 2018

Gov. Wolf is trying to implement "a severance tax that would be financed by Pennsylvania’s working class"

Paul Mango’s negative economic portrait of Pennsylvania is backed up

By Colin Deppen

April 9, 2018

"Today, we (in Pennsylvania) have higher unemployment and lower job growth than most."

Wolf’s half-truth on the subject of shale taxes

By Colin Deppen

March 30, 2018

"Pennsylvania (is) the only state in the country not to tax drillers."

Did Conor Lamb say very nice things about Trump? No

By Colin Deppen

March 22, 2018

Says Conor Lamb "ran on a campaign that said very nice things about me."

Conor Lamb’s rejection of corporate PAC money needs context

By Colin Deppen

March 17, 2018

Says he didn't take "corporate PAC money."

Latest Fact Checks By Colin Deppen

Scott Wagner says Pa.’s unemployment rate is 20 percent higher than the national rate. It isn’t.

Lt. Gov. hopeful Jeff Bartos says the death penalty is a deterrent. Researchers disagree.

Hazleton wasn’t half-Latino when Lou Barletta was re-elected mayor. He said it was.

US losing one bank or credit union a day, but trend was in works before Dodd-Frank

Pennsylvanians would only pay for a fraction of Gov. Tom Wolf’s severance tax

Paul Mango’s negative economic portrait of Pennsylvania is backed up

Wolf’s half-truth on the subject of shale taxes

Did Conor Lamb say very nice things about Trump? No

Conor Lamb’s rejection of corporate PAC money needs context