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
National Organization for Marriage
National Organization for Marriage
stated on February 5, 2011 a mailing to Rhode Island voters
"Massachusetts public schools teach kids as young as kindergartners about gay marriage."
False
By Peter Lord • February 10, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on December 15, 2010 an interview on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman
Fox News "said the New Black Panther Party decided the election for Barack Obama."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2011
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on January 27, 2011 an interview on "Capital Tonight"
"In Mexico, they don't have birth certificates... they don’t have registration cards for voters. They have one national ID."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 9, 2011
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on January 31, 2011 a campaign news release
Property tax exemptions can be granted to small businesses that move into Milwaukee County.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 9, 2011
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on January 4, 2011 an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM
"For [GM] to pay back everything it owes, it would have to sell its shares at $143 a share . . . where the highest value of a General Motors share ever was $43, $44, $46, whatever the dollars were . . ."
False
By Tom Feran • February 9, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 6, 2011 an interview on Fox
Twelve judges have thrown out legal challenges to the health care law because they rejected "the notion that the health care law was unconstitutional."
False
By Robert Farley • February 8, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2011 talking about his budget proposal.
Says he never said he would keep education funding the same.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • February 8, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 6, 2011 an interview on Super Bowl Sunday
"I didn't raise taxes once."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 7, 2011
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on January 26, 2011 a news conference
"United States students are achieving at number 25 out of 29 developing countries when it comes to science and math."
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 6, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on January 18, 2011 an interview on "Face to Face with Jon Ralston"
Nevada will be "energy independent within the immediate future."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2011
Steve Moore
Steve Moore
stated on February 2, 2011 HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
In the 1980s, "The lowest income people had the biggest gains."
False
By Robert Farley • February 3, 2011
Blake Farenthold
Blake Farenthold
stated on January 23, 2011 an op-ed
"Despite claims that you can 'keep the health care plan you like,' the Obama Administration has predicted that as many as 7 out of 10 Americans with employer-provided health coverage could lose their current health plan."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2011
David Rivera
David Rivera
stated on January 25, 2011 a statement
"In the past, President Obama has refused to meet with representatives from Cuban exile organizations."
False
By Trenton Daniel • February 2, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 27, 2011 comments at a bill signing ceremony
Wisconsin employers have repeatedly said in surveys that our anti-business litigation climate is one of the most important factors affecting their expansion decisions.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 2, 2011
Jason Brodeur
Jason Brodeur
stated on January 16, 2011 comments published in the Fort Myers News-Press.
Says gun ownership information could be recorded and collected by the federal government and insurance companies as part of the federal health care law.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • February 1, 2011
Sameh Shoukry
Sameh Shoukry
stated on January 30, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
In the past 20 years, Egypt has made "great strides" in political and democratic reform.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 31, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on January 25, 2011 a tweet during the State of the Union address
Says government is a barrier to innovation and development.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2011
Lee Holloway
Lee Holloway
stated on January 21, 2011 a statement at a candidate forum
Mitchell International Airport is the "the third busiest airport in the world and the number one busiest in the country."
False
By James B. Nelson • January 30, 2011
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on November 23, 2010 an MSNBC interview
"Six institutions in our country now control two thirds of the capital."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • January 28, 2011
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on January 25, 2011 a campaign TV ad
Says he "helped lead an outside audit that’ll save (Milwaukee County) taxpayers over $200 million."
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 27, 2011
Previous Next