Latest Stories By Louis Jacobson

Last night, Jon Stewart took an extended shot at Fox News' credibility while relying on, um, PolitiFact. Here's a handy guide to the 21 items he culled from our archive.

We got lots of complaints after we gave a False to Jon Stewart, host of  The Daily Show.

Republicans are increasingly comparing the current economy to the Great Depression. But how apt is the comparison?

Austan Goolsbee, the soon-to-be-former top economic adviser to President Barack Obama, went on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour" to defend the administration's economic record. How accurate was he?

Sarah Palin took a break from her family vacation/ "One Nation" bus tour of America to do an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren. We found the truth was apparently also on vacation.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney officially announced his presidential campaign Thursday. We've done one fact check so far -- about his claim that "we are only inches away from ceasing to be a free market economy." We found it Pants on Fire.

It's been a busy few weeks for PolitiFact. Here's what our readers had to say about what we did, and how well we did it.

It's an eye-catching -- if not eye-popping -- ad. But is the plan by Rep. Paul Ryan  really tantamount to throwing Granny from the cliff?

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich announced his run for the presidency in a web video. But he was less than accurate in two of his claims.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich announced his run for the presidency in a web video. But he was less than accurate in two of his claims.

Both President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner turned to the economy in recent comments. We found that each said something that earned a rating of False.

As President Barack Obama goes to the U.S.-Mexico border to talk immigration policy and border security, we review some of our major fact-checks on those issues.