Latest Fact-Checks By Eric Stirgus

Showing 193-204 of 336 items

Health insurance coverage loss claim in need of overhaul

March 20, 2012

"Every 1 percent increase in the cost of health insurance today causes about 30,000 Georgians to be uninsured."

Mayor’s math on reservoir not wet

March 19, 2012

"We also have, in a park that’s not far from here, an ability to build a reservoir that can hold a 30-day water supply for…

Marijuana use claim close to the mark

March 7, 2012

"Fifty percent of the graduating class of the year 2012 will have smoked marijuana or have done illegal drugs."

Gwinnett leader’s boast on employment mostly right

March 5, 2012

"[E]mployment in Gwinnett is up more than 3 percent over last year, and unemployment is the lowest of the five core metro counties."

Santorum attack on Obama off the mark

March 3, 2012

"[R]emember, the president proposed eliminating charitable deductions for higher-income taxpayers."

Gingrich uses Reagan record to make case for his campaign

March 2, 2012

Sixteen million jobs were created under Ronald Reagan's presidency.

Georgia’s top court doing more with less, chief justice says

February 27, 2012

"Our small staff of 51 is still fewer than we had a decade ago, yet our caseload -- like that of other courts -- has…

Is Ga. at the head of the class in teacher compensation?

February 22, 2012

"[W]hen adjusted for cost of living, Georgia ranks first nationally in teacher salary and benefits."

Was Super PAC right on Romney claim?

February 21, 2012

Mitt Romney "supervised a company guilty of massive Medicare fraud."

Newt supported China’s one-child policy, Super PAC says

February 15, 2012

Newt Gingrich "co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy."

Obama setting debt record, Georgia GOP says

February 13, 2012

"[A]t his current rate, President Obama will have added more debt to the United State of America by the end of his first term than…

Showing 193-204 of 336 items