When we launched PolitiFact in 2007, we were so unsure about its future that we had an escape hatch. If the fact-checking site didn’t catch on, we were going to bail out after just five months, after Florida held its presidential primary. Back then, fact-checking was a new form of journalism and we were pushing […]
FactCheck.org turns 15 years old this week, so it’s a good moment to salute Brooks and his co-founder Kathleen Hall Jamieson for the important role they’ve played as pioneers in our movement.
At the GOP convention, the mother of a Benghazi victim said Clinton lied about the attacks. We explore the facts.
PolitiFact's coverage of the 2015 State of the Union and GOP response.
Thom Tillis and Kay Hagan squared off in their second debate, using many lines we've heard before.
• PolitiFact Virginia looks at the U.S. Senate debate between Ed Gillespie and Mark Warner.
• PolitiFact Georgia fact-checks outsourcing in the Michelle Nunn-David Perdue U.S. Senate race.
• PunditFact looks at a startling statistic on female murder victims.
As candidates Kay Hagan and Thom Tillis prepare for their second debate, we review how they have fared on the Truth-O-Meter.
• PolitiFact Virginia to fact-check the U.S. Senate debate between Ed Gillespie and Mark Warner.
• PolitiFact Georgia fact-checks outsourcing in the Michelle Nunn-David Perdue U.S. Senate race.
• PolitiFact Wisconsin reports on campaign promises from Scott Walker and Mary Burke in the governor's race.
• PunditFact bids a farewell to CNN's Crossfire.
A couple of times a year, we publish this overview of our procedures and the principles for Truth-O-Meter rulings.
Our fact-checking partner in Australia teams up with the network Channel 7 to bring fact-checking reports to TV.
The Truth-O-Meter is now down under. The launch of PolitiFact Australia marks our first international venture and a big step for the global fact-checking movement.