Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Latest Fact-Checks

Clear
Dan Pfeiffer
Dan Pfeiffer
stated on March 16, 2014 an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says President Barack Obama’s approval rating "gained 3 points in the last couple months."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • March 16, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on March 2, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Dan Patrick "supported giving a $5,000 taxpayer-funded voucher to every family to buy a car."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 9, 2014 a 'Fox News Sunday' interview:
"The president won the youth vote 3 to 1, but his numbers have dropped 20, 30 percent among the youth."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • March 9, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 5, 2014 a speech to the Democratic National Committee in Boston:
"When I talk about (raising the) minimum wage ... half of Republicans agree with it."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2014
John Bolton
John Bolton
stated on March 3, 2014 comments on Fox News Channel:
Says Vladimir Putin once said, "The breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 6, 2014
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on March 3, 2014 a segment on "Hardball":
"The Russians didn’t wear uniforms when they came in" to Ukraine.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 4, 2014
Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
stated on March 2, 2014 an acceptance speech at the Academy Awards:
Says 21 million people "still suffer slavery today."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • March 3, 2014
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on February 25, 2014 a press release:
Says Rick Scott "oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nation’s history."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 3, 2014
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
stated on February 20, 2014 a press conference:
"Georgia’s civil forfeiture laws are among the worst in the country and the very worst in the South."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 3, 2014
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
stated on February 4, 2014 a hearing.:
"In 1968, a full-time worker earning minimum wage, could actually support a family of three above the poverty line. Today, that same worker would earn less than the poverty line for a family of two."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • March 3, 2014
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on March 2, 2014 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"The (Russian) ruble is already going down."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 27, 2014 an event at the White House:
"Fewer black and Latino men participate in the labor force, compared to young white men."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2014
Maxey Scherr
Maxey Scherr
stated on January 23, 2014 an interview:
"We have more women living in poverty in this state than almost anywhere else."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2014
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America
stated on February 14, 2014 a news release:
Gun "marketplaces" on Facebook mean "ANYONE can broker a deal on a gun online, meet the seller in a parking lot somewhere, and walk away with a weapon."
Mostly True
By Dana Tims • February 27, 2014
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on February 26, 2014 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"Our economy (in Louisiana) has grown 50 percent faster than the national GDP, even since the national recession."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 27, 2014
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on January 24, 2014 a radio interview:
Barry Smitherman "doesn’t have enough legal experience to apply for most of the jobs at the attorney general’s office."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 26, 2014
Andy Brown
Andy Brown
stated on February 17, 2014 a mailer to voters:
"Travis County now has the highest urban county tax rate in Texas."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 26, 2014
Mark Obenshain
Mark Obenshain
stated on February 11, 2014 a floor debate.:
"There are 4.7 percent of Virginians who are minimum wage earners who are over 25 years of age working full-time and trying to raise a family."
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • February 24, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 30, 2014 a speech:
"Most folks’ wages haven’t gone up in over a decade."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 23, 2014
Clay Pell
Clay Pell
stated on February 2, 2014 an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.":
"The budget I managed at the Department of Education was more than $60 million."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 23, 2014
Previous Next