Latest Fact Checks

Barack Obama is not the first president to address schoolchildren.

By Angie Drobnic Holan

September 3, 2009

A scheduled speech by President Barack Obama will be "the first time an American president has spoken directly to the nation's school children about persisting…

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IBD editorial board claims that cap-and-trade is unpopular in America

By Catharine Richert

September 3, 2009

"Cap-and-trade is wildly unpopular with Americans."

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Barbour claims Obama took longer to choose a dog than he’s giving nation to overhaul health care system

By Louis Jacobson

September 3, 2009

"It took Obama six months to pick out a family dog," but he's "cramming health care reform down the country's throat in a fraction of…

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Kerry claims the Arctic will be ice-free by summer 2013

By Catharine Richert

September 2, 2009

"Scientists project that the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013."

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Organizing for America says media won’t check facts, but we find many debunking reports.

By Angie Drobnic Holan

September 2, 2009

Over the past few months, we've learned that "we just can't count on the media to debunk" lies about health insurance reform.

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Republican Party of Florida says Obama will “indoctrinate” schoolchildren with “socialist ideology”

By Angie Drobnic Holan

September 2, 2009

Schoolchildren across the nation "will be forced to watch the president justify his plans for government-run health care, banks, and automobile companies, increasing taxes on…

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Private insurance plans say public has ‘strong satisfaction’ with their coverage

By Louis Jacobson

September 1, 2009

"Every survey shows strong satisfaction with private coverage."

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Barack Obama poll after seven months shows him behind other presidents

By Angie Drobnic Holan

August 31, 2009

"Since World War II, only Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton have had worse ratings after seven months than President Obama."

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Dean claims Social Security and Medicare were passed without Republican support

By Catharine Richert

August 28, 2009

"All the really great programs in American history, Social Security, was done without Republicans. Medicare was done without Republican support until the last vote where…

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Weiner mangles details of health care reform

By Angie Drobnic Holan

August 28, 2009

"Under the plan, for the first five years your employer not only has to keep the coverage, but you can't migrate to the public plan."

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Boxer claims that it costs $1,100 per person to cover the uninsured

By Catharine Richert

August 28, 2009

"It's costing every American who is insured $1,100 to pick up the cost of uncompensated care that goes on at the emergency room."

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Limbaugh wrong that Obama is mandating circumcision

By Catharine Richert

August 27, 2009

"President Obama . . . wants to mandate circumcision."

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