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 Georgia

Clear
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on August 1, 2012 a press release
Says Georgia ranks "near the bottom in per capita transportation spending."
True
By Eric Stirgus • August 7, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on July 19, 2012
Says his plan to end the toll on Ga. 400 fulfills his campaign promise to commuters.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 6, 2012
Sanford Bishop
Sanford Bishop
stated on July 23, 2012 an online video of an earlier speech
"There are close to 900,000 unemployed veterans in America right now."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 3, 2012
Lights For Liberty
Lights For Liberty
stated on July 19, 2012 press release
"The voting public had no say" in the Atlanta region’s proposed transportation project list.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • July 28, 2012
Vincent Fort
Vincent Fort
stated on July 21, 2012 media appearances
Taxes on groceries and medicine will rise under a plan to improve roads and rail for metro Atlanta.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 27, 2012
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on July 17, 2012 news conference
The state of Georgia has lost 200,000 total jobs and 50,000 construction jobs since May 2007.
True
By Eric Stirgus • July 25, 2012
Steve Brown
Steve Brown
stated on July 12, 2012 a forum hosted by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A proposed tax to fund transportation projects would spend $90,000 to take a single vehicle off the road during the morning and afternoon commute.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 24, 2012
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on July 2, 2012 in a radio debate
The U.S. initially had three federal felonies: treason, piracy, and counterfeiting securities and money.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 23, 2012
John Watson
John Watson
stated on July 11, 2012 an op-ed
The transportation sales tax would cost the average consumer an estimated $112 a year.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • July 20, 2012
Jeff Dickerson
Jeff Dickerson
stated on July 10, 2012 an online debate
According to a national survey, transit "ridership" among people age 16 to 34 increased 40 percent between 2001 and 2009.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 18, 2012
David Ralston
David Ralston
stated on July 10, 2012 an article
Federal regulations required the changes to Georgia's driver’s license renewal process.  
True
By Eric Stirgus • July 17, 2012
Brian Robinson
Brian Robinson
stated on July 8, 2012 an article
Funding the federal health care law without a tax hike will "require the state to cut nearly a quarter of its annual budget."
False
By Eric Stirgus • July 16, 2012
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on June 28, 2012 a radio interview
The health care law is "the largest tax [increase] in the history of our country"
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 11, 2012
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on June 29, 2012 a television interview
Sixteen thousand new Internal Revenue Service agents will be "empowered to enforce" the new health care legislation.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 10, 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
Debbie Dooley
Debbie Dooley
stated on June 12, 2012 a speech
"Statistics show that more people at this time telecommute than they ride carpools, mass transit, bicycle or walk."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • July 3, 2012
Georgia Green Party
Georgia Green Party
stated on July 2, 2012 Georgia Green Party flier
The transportation tax is regressive, and Emory University is "literally getting its own transit line at virtually no cost to itself."  
Half-True
By Chris Joyner • July 2, 2012
Michael Opitz
Michael Opitz
stated on May 29, 2012 a YouTube ad
U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey gave the government the power to electronically spy on Americans without a warrant.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • June 27, 2012
Citizens for Transportation Mobility
Citizens for Transportation Mobility
stated on June 13, 2012 a press release
Atlanta Tea Party co-founder Debbie Dooley "wants gas taxes raised."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • June 25, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on May 7, 2012 a press release
"Since the beginning of the economic downturn in FY 2008, the state workforce has been reduced by 12.4 percent as part of overall cost savings measures to balance the budget to reduce revenues."
Mostly False
By Chris Joyner • June 22, 2012
Previous Next