Latest Fact Checks By Eric Stirgus

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Health insurance coverage loss claim in need of overhaul

March 20, 2012
"Every 1 percent increase in the cost of health insurance today causes about 30,000 Georgians to be uninsured."
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Mayor’s math on reservoir not wet

March 19, 2012
"We also have, in a park that’s not far from here, an ability to build a reservoir that can hold a 30-day water supply for…
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Marijuana use claim close to the mark

March 7, 2012
"Fifty percent of the graduating class of the year 2012 will have smoked marijuana or have done illegal drugs."
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Gwinnett leader’s boast on employment mostly right

March 5, 2012
"[E]mployment in Gwinnett is up more than 3 percent over last year, and unemployment is the lowest of the five core metro counties."
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Santorum attack on Obama off the mark

March 3, 2012
"[R]emember, the president proposed eliminating charitable deductions for higher-income taxpayers."
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Gingrich uses Reagan record to make case for his campaign

March 2, 2012
Sixteen million jobs were created under Ronald Reagan's presidency.
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Georgia’s top court doing more with less, chief justice says

February 27, 2012
"Our small staff of 51 is still fewer than we had a decade ago, yet our caseload -- like that of other courts -- has…
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Is Ga. at the head of the class in teacher compensation?

February 22, 2012
"[W]hen adjusted for cost of living, Georgia ranks first nationally in teacher salary and benefits."
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Was Super PAC right on Romney claim?

February 21, 2012
Mitt Romney "supervised a company guilty of massive Medicare fraud."
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Newt supported China’s one-child policy, Super PAC says

February 15, 2012
Newt Gingrich "co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy."
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Obama setting debt record, Georgia GOP says

February 13, 2012
"[A]t his current rate, President Obama will have added more debt to the United State of America by the end of his first term than…
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