Latest Stories By Lauren Carroll

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Fact-checking President Barack Obama’s CNN appearance

December 21, 2014

We fact-checked two claims from President Barack Obama's interview on CNN Sunday.

Climate change: the Readers’ Choice winner

December 17, 2014

"Global warming is a hoax" was the falsehood that won our Readers' Choice poll for Lie of the Year. Here's a look back at that fact-check, as well as other 2014  fact-checks on  the Keystone XL pipeline, proposed carbon-cutting regulations on power plants, and the polar vortex. 

 

Does Obamacare give businesses a $3,000 incentive to hire illegal immigrants?

December 4, 2014

Did President Obama's November announcement potentially affecting millions of unauthorized residents also create a $3,000-per-immigrant hiring incentive?

 

PolitiFact in Washington wondered.

Fact-checking the Nov. 23 shows

November 23, 2014

President Barack Obama returned to the Sunday shows two weeks after his last appearance to defend his recent executive action on immigration. GOP pundits decried his decision as opening "Pandora's box."

PunditFact fact-checks the Nov. 23 shows

November 23, 2014

President Barack Obama appeared on ABC "This Week" in an interview with host George Stephanopoulos to address and defend his recent executive actions on immigration. Elsewhere, GOP pundits offered criticisms of the move.

What is net neutrality?

November 13, 2014

Net neutrality is back in the news -- following President Barack Obama’s Nov. 10 proposal for "the strongest possible rules to protect net neutrality."

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