Latest Fact Checks By W. Gardner Selby

Facts missing behind claim that fingerprint checks of Austin drivers will cost city millions

By W. Gardner Selby

April 30, 2016

If Austin voters reject Proposition 1, a "completely new City-run" criminal background check "process will cost millions in processing fees, additional staff, and bureaucracy" with…

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Tom Smith of Public Citizen says 600,000 Texas registered voters lack valid photo IDs to go to polls

By W. Gardner Selby

April 22, 2016

"Texas has 600,000 registered voters who don’t have the kind of photo ID needed to vote."

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Pants on Fire: Jerry Jones says ‘absurd’ to firmly link football, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

By W. Gardner Selby

April 22, 2016

Says it’s "absurd" to say there’s enough data to establish a link between playing football and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.

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‘Our City’ backers give incomplete account of reported sexual assaults by Austin ride-hailed drivers

By W. Gardner Selby

April 15, 2016

Austin’s Stop Abuse for Everyone has seen in its offices "sexual assault survivors that report being attacked by their ridesharing drivers, at a rate of…

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Ellen Troxclair lacks facts for claim about chances of sex assault by an Austin taxi driver

By W. Gardner Selby

April 15, 2016

Statistics show "you are about nine times more likely to be assaulted by a taxi driver" in Austin than a driver for a ride-hailing service.

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Barack Obama says wind power cheaper in Texas than power from ‘dirty fossil fuels’

By W. Gardner Selby

April 12, 2016

"Right now, here in Texas, wind power is already cheaper than dirty fossil fuels."

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Donald Trump fully flip-flops, lately opposes ban on assault weapons

By W. Gardner Selby

April 12, 2016

On banning assault weapons.

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Pants on Fire: Claim there were over 600 reports of Trump votes getting counted for Marco Rubio

By W. Gardner Selby

April 11, 2016

Says there were over 600 reports of Texas votes for Donald Trump in the state’s 2016 Republican primary virtually all getting tallied for Marco Rubio.…

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Frank Luntz says ‘Team Trump’ has accused Ted Cruz of fraud in Texas, 8 other states

By W. Gardner Selby

April 11, 2016

"Team Trump has accused Ted Cruz of fraud" in Iowa, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas, Maine, Utah and Wisconsin."

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PGA Tour commissioner says Austin ‘fastest-growing city in the country’ last five years

By W. Gardner Selby

March 29, 2016

"Austin’s the fastest-growing city in the country the last five years."

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Greg Abbott touts record Texas primary turnout, but he’s overlooking some years (such as 2008)

By W. Gardner Selby

March 24, 2016

Texas "had the highest level of turnout than ever before in the primary."

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FALSE: Donald Trump, Ted Cruz negotiating joint Republican ticket

By W. Gardner Selby

March 22, 2016

Ted Cruz is in negotiations to be Donald Trump’s running mate.

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