Latest Fact-Checks By Willoughby Mariano

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Deal touts Georgia’s bond rating

May 9, 2011

Georgia is "one of only about seven states in the country" that has a AAA bond rating.

MARTA chair says transit system “more and more safe”

May 6, 2011

According to crime statistics, "riding MARTA has been becoming more and more safe over the years."

U.S. Sen. Chambliss says 16,500 IRS agents needed for health reform

May 4, 2011

Says the Internal Revenue Service estimated it must hire "16,500 agents at a cost of $10 billion to the taxpayer" to enforce the federal health…

Governor says Georgia health declining

April 25, 2011

"Over the last 10 years, Georgia's public health has declined."

U.S. Rep. Broun said FDR had aides learn socialism from Stalin

April 19, 2011

Says President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent his advisers to study socialism with Soviet dictator Josef Stalin so the president could replicate it in the United…

Atlanta police chief says despite fears, crime is down

April 18, 2011

"If you go strictly by the numbers, crime is down across the board. Last year we had a 10 percent decrease in the most serious…

U.S. Rep. Broun said weekly debt grows by $60 billion

April 13, 2011

Says the federal government borrows "almost $60 billion per week."

Va. Senator says fewer workers supporting more Social Security retirees

April 12, 2011

"There used to be 16 workers for every one person on Social Security. ... Now it’s three."

Cain claims Planned Parenthood founded for “planned genocide”

April 8, 2011

Said Planned Parenthood’s early objective was to "help kill black babies before they came into the world."

Water advocate says toilets could save nearly 50 million gallons daily

April 4, 2011

"In three years we could find close to 50 million gallons per day through a toilet replacement program."

Isakson claims no deaths in U.S. from nuke plant operations

April 1, 2011

"There has never been a death caused by a [commercial nuclear] reactor in the United States, even when Three Mile Island failed in the 1970s."

Deal says HOPE helped universities become some of the “best in the Southeast”

March 25, 2011

The HOPE scholarship "has helped turn our University System into one of the best in the Southeast, with two institutions ranked in the top 20…

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