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 In Pundits

Clear
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on January 31, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
The Senate-passed health care bill "is identical to the Massachusetts health care plan -- the same thing."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 4, 2010
Kelly O'Donnell
Kelly O'Donnell
stated on January 19, 2010 a segment on NBC's Today show
In Massachusetts, Scott Brown's Republican affiliation is "not a secret, but clearly not on display."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2010
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on January 17, 2010 on ABC's This Week
Obama's job approval rating is up.
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • January 18, 2010
Eugene Robinson
Eugene Robinson
stated on December 1, 2009 a Washington Post column
The "post-Soviet industrial meltdown is responsible for most of the progress in reducing carbon emissions that Europe is able to claim."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • December 9, 2009
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on October 27, 2009 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann'
Sen. Joe Lieberman's "home state has a public option which covers about 10,000 of its citizens that was introduced by its Republican governor."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • November 2, 2009
Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs
stated on October 15, 2009 on his television show
U.S. taxpayers paid $71,500 per job created by the stimulus bill.
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • October 19, 2009
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on October 4, 2009 appearance on This Week with George Stephanopoulos
Forty percent of gross domestic product "is state, local, or federal money."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2009
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on September 22, 2009 his Fox News program
"Our own National Security Agency says that (Iran's) nuclear ambitions are advancing, and at the same time ... we are slashing our own nuclear arsenal."
Mostly True
September 23, 2009
John King
John King
stated on August 2, 2009 an interview on CNN's State of the Union
"The John McCain Twitter account has more than 1.1 million followers. The official White House Twitter account has only about 830,000."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • August 4, 2009
Bill Bennett
Bill Bennett
stated on July 26, 2009 CNN's State of the Union with John King
"Four percent of American citizens are black males, but they are 35 percent of murder victims."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2009
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on June 22, 2009 a column
Even high estimates for an early draft of the health care plan are "less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the Bush tax cuts."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 24, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 1, 2009 a radio show
Sen. Arlen Specter's party switch could "end up giving Republicans the ability to filibuster judicial nominees at the Judiciary Committee level so that the nominees never get out of committee."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 5, 2009
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on April 8, 2009 an episode of his TV program.
"President Obama is actually increasing Bush-era defense spending by $21 billion in the new fiscal year."
Mostly True
April 13, 2009
Previous