Latest Fact-Checks By Willoughby Mariano

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Mary Squires
Mary Squires
stated on October 5, 2010 in a newspaper interview:
Said state insurance commissioner candidate Ralph Hudgens "fights hard" to strip women of life-saving coverage such as mammograms.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • October 12, 2010
Jill Chambers
Jill Chambers
stated on September 27, 2010 in a recorded telephone message:
Says campaign contributions to her rival for a state House seat was money intended for schoolchildren.
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • October 8, 2010
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
stated on September 20, 2010 in Former President Jimmy Carter, Sept. 20, during an NBC interview about his latest book :
Said that his batting average with Congress is higher than every other president since Dwight D. Eisenhower except Lyndon Johnson.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • October 5, 2010
Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
stated on August 11, 2010 in a television interview:
On running a "civil and polite" campaign
Full Flop
By Willoughby Mariano • September 27, 2010
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 9, 2010 in a website:
Candidate for governor Roy Barnes has been "fighting hard" to let illegal immigrants vote.
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • September 24, 2010
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on August 17, 2010 in a TV commercial:
Roy Barnes is like Barack Obama because they're both doing a lot of apologizing.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • September 15, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 3, 2010 in a report:
Federal stimulus money went to a Georgia Tech project that will "apparently involve the professor jamming with 'world-renowned musicians' to 'hopefully also create satisfying works of art.'"  
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 13, 2010
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on August 18, 2010 in a gubernatorial campaign forum:
On bringing casino gambling and other gaming to Georgia
Half Flip
By Willoughby Mariano • September 3, 2010
Chip Rogers
Chip Rogers
stated on August 19, 2010 in a campaign flyer:
"Congress and President Obama have accumulated more debt since he took office than the total amount of debt accumulated during the first 200 years of the United States existence."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 1, 2010
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on August 19, 2010 in a newspaper article:
On the mosque near ground zero.
No Flip
By Willoughby Mariano • August 30, 2010
Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
stated on August 11, 2010 in a television interview:
On running a "civil and polite" campaign.
Half Flip
By Willoughby Mariano • August 25, 2010
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 11, 2010 in liberal blogs:
Republican candidate for Georgia governor "dabbled" in birther conspiracy theories.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 20, 2010
Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
stated on August 11, 2010 in a television interview:
Said he won the Democratic primary "without one ... negative TV spot."
Mostly True
By Jim Tharpe, Willoughby Mariano • August 17, 2010
Esquire magazine
Esquire magazine
stated on August 10, 2010 in a magazine profile:
This year, Newt Gingrich "has raised as much money as Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Sarah Palin, and Mike Huckabee combined."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 15, 2010
Michael Tyler
Michael Tyler
stated on June 9, 2010 in an op-ed piece in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
"[U]nlike every other major transit system in the nation, MARTA has never received any significant, dedicated funding from the state of Georgia."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 10, 2010
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on July 30, 2010 in a press release:
Republican candidate for governor "Karen Handel has run a 100 percent negative campaign."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 4, 2010
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on July 9, 2010 in a press release:
When Atlanta Police Chief George Turner was interim head of the department, overall crime fell 14 percent and violent crime dropped 22.7 percent.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 1, 2010
Erick Erickson
Erick Erickson
stated on July 26, 2010 in a blog post:
Republican candidate for governor Nathan Deal "explicitly voted to fund abortions ..."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 28, 2010
Melanie Crozier
Melanie Crozier
stated on July 21, 2010 in a Politico article:
Karen Handel "would have felt like it was OK to go in and abort" Sarah Palin's son Trig, who has Down syndrome.
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • July 26, 2010
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on July 21, 2010 in an interview on WSB-TV :
GOP candidate for governor Nathan Deal "is a former Clinton Democrat."
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe, Willoughby Mariano • July 23, 2010
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