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 On Barack Obama

Clear
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 26, 2012 a fundraising email:
Says he could be "the first president in modern history to be outspent."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2012 a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney’s carried interest income was a tax "trick."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2012 a speech in San Antonio.:
Mitt Romney "says the Arizona immigration law should be a model for the nation."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 14, 2012 a TV ad:
Says Mitt Romney had millions in the Cayman Islands, a tax haven.
True
By Molly Moorhead • July 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 14, 2012 a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney "had millions in a Swiss bank account."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 3, 2012 a campaign commercial:
"Mitt Romney's companies were pioneers in outsourcing U.S. jobs to low-wage countries."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 13, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 26, 2012 a speech:
The federal government has made investments in science and technology inventing the products that led to the creation of Google.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • July 9, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 28, 2012 a speech at the White House:
"If you're one of the more than 250 million Americans who already have health insurance, you will keep your health insurance."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 14, 2012 a campaign speech:
"Over the last few decades, the income of the top 1 percent grew by more than 275 percent -- to an average of $1.3 million a year."
Mostly True
By Henry J. Gomez • June 28, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 22, 2012 a speech in Orlando:
The DREAM Act "was written by members of both parties. When it came up for a vote a year and a half ago, Republicans in Congress blocked it. The bill hadn’t changed. ... The only thing that had changed was politics."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • June 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 21, 2012 a campaign ad:
"Women (are) paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 12, 2012 a campaign ad:
"When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts ... (had) more debt per person than any other state in the country."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2012 campaign ad “We’ve heard it all before,” airing in New Hampshire and around the U.S:
When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average, and fell to 47th in job creation, fourth from the bottom.  
Half-True
By Maryalice Gill • June 14, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2012 a campaign ad:
"Romney outsourced call center jobs to India."  
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • June 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2012 a television ad:
"When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 a graphical tool on the campaign website:
Says under Mitt Romney, "Medicare could end as we know it, leaving Julia with nothing but a voucher to buy insurance, which means $6,350 extra per year for a similar plan."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • May 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 14, 2012 a TV ad:
After they bought GST Steel, "Mitt Romney and his partners loaded it with debt, closed the Kansas City plant and walked away with a healthy profit, leaving hundreds of employees out of work with their pensions in jeopardy."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers, Molly Moorhead • May 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2012 a Web ad:
Says Mitt Romney would deny gay people the right to adopt children.
False
By Molly Moorhead • May 14, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 9, 2012 a TV interview:
On support for gay marriage.
Full Flop
By Becky Bowers • May 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 8, 2012 a speech in Albany, N.Y.:
"The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2012
Previous Next