Up and away with a faux fact check of Santa
We’re not bringing the Truth-O-Meter to Santa Claus. But a writer did.
We’re not bringing the Truth-O-Meter to Santa Claus. But a writer did.
Davis says Abbott fought school districts in court and defended billions of dollars in education cuts. Yes, but…
Attorney general aspirant Sam Houston says he’d have far more experience practicing law on taking office than incumbent Greg Abbott had when he took the job.
PolitiFact honcho Angie Drobnic Holan spoke with Jake Tapper of CNN about why Barack Obama's claim proved to be PolitiFact's Lie of the Year.
We’ve identified two Texas leaders--Cornyn and Davis. But we're not forecasting election results.
PolitiFact in Washington, D.C., is primed to name its lie of the year, which may have been uttered by Ted Cruz or Barack Obama. And don't forget the Readers' Choice award.
Our checks of claims tied to the Obamacare law and the Texas voter ID mandate were reader favorites in November. Gubernatorial hopefuls Greg Abbott and Wendy Davis drew attention, too, while Ted Cruz’s Truth-O-Meter report card remained of interest.
The City of Austin knows a bit about where residents were born.
Leticia Van de Putte hasn’t run statewide before. But she has a PolitiFact report card.
A Greg Abbott claim about the voter ID law causing "no problems whatsoever" reminded us that absolute statements often stir the Truth-O-Meter.
Miriam Martinez ballyhooed herself as the first Latina to run for governor. False, it turns out.
Even before the Truth-O-Meter twitched, Martinez revised her campaign website.
Obama, speaking in Dallas, said a million Texans "could get health insurance right away" if the state expanded Medicaid via Obamacare.
Arkansas, he said, "reduced its number of uninsured by 14 percent -- already, just in the first month -- by signing people up for expanded Medicaid."
See how we rate his Texas claim and a version of his Arkansas claim that we'd already checked.