Latest Stories By Angie Drobnic Holan

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If you can’t beat ’em . . . join ’em!

August 14, 2009

Obama adviser David Axelrod creates his own chain e-mail to combat the e-mails from opponents of health care reform.

Health care reform: A simple explanation

August 13, 2009

We've knocked down a lot of false claims about the health bill, telling you what it's not . Here we take time out to tell you what it is .

The Truth-O-Meter on health care: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1

August 13, 2009

With so many claims and counterclaims, we choose our 10 most significant Truth-O-Meter items.

Obama faces a town hall … and the Truth-O-Meter

August 11, 2009

We check two statements from President Obama's town hall in Portsmouth, N.H. We find he's right about coverage for janitors but exaggerating whether you can keep your health plan.

Palin ‘death panel’ claim sets Truth-O-Meter ablaze

August 10, 2009

Palin spins a dystopian scenario where the elderly and disabled must petition for care. But that's not part of any actual health care legislation.

E-mail ‘analysis’ of health bill needs a check-up

July 30, 2009

Readers sent us a chain e-mail that comments on the House health reform bill page by page. Most of its factual assertions are wrong.

Break out the marshmallows!

July 29, 2009

It's double Pants on Fire! day at PolitiFact.com: We check a chain e-mail on illegal immigrants and comments from TV and radio personality Glenn Beck.

Gates incident spurs discussion on race, crime

July 28, 2009

Pundits are talking after last week's arrest of African-American scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. We check their facts.

Mailbag: ‘Seriously twisted logic’

July 24, 2009

Readers take us to task for our items on oil imports, Hamas and incandescent light bulbs.

Obama wrong about health insurance profits

July 23, 2009

We check the president's claim about insurance company profits (False) and an unusual one from a health group leader about end-of-life care for seniors (Pants on Fire!).

Health care reform bill jolts the Obameter

July 16, 2009

With a 1,000-page bill now pending in Congress, we move 10 promises from No Action to In the Works.

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