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Fact checking the Oct. 18 Sunday news shows

We looked at claims by Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.

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PolitiFact’s top 5 most-read articles in September 2015

The list of most-clicked stories in September was dominated by questionable social-media posts on Democratic candidates and an Alaskan mountain, as well as the second Republican debate and the Iran nuclear deal.
 

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Checking Ted Cruz, Stephen Colbert on the CBS ‘Late Show’

Two fact checks bubbled up from Ted Cruz's appearance on CBS with Stephen Colbert.

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Fact-checking Stephen Colbert’s interview with Ted Cruz about Reagan

The Gipper's legacy emerged as a source for claims made on Colbert's new show, The Late Show

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Fact-checking a viral graphic critical of Bernie Sanders

The graphic includes 12 claims, which range from basically accurate to highly misleading.

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Jobs fact-checks for Labor Day

On this Labor Day, we’re taking a look back at some of our recent fact-checks about the labor market and employment statistics.

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Fact-checking the Dick Cheney-John Kerry faceoff on ‘Morning Joe’

On the same day the Iran nuclear deal received the backing from the make-or-break 34th senator, the former vice president and the current secretary of state discussed the agreement in back-to-back interviews. Here we check a claim by each of them.

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Fact-checking the Dick Cheney-John Kerry faceoff on ‘Morning Joe’

On the same day the Iran nuclear deal received the backing from the make-or-break 34th senator, the former vice president and the current secretary of state discussed the agreement in back-to-back interviews. Here we check a claim by each of them.

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Mailbag: ‘You are better than this, PolitiFact’

We look at reader concerns, comments and compliments from recent weeks.

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