Latest Stories By W. Gardner Selby

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Ron Paul’s convention

August 27, 2012

Who needs a convention? Ron Paul did fine without, touching off waves of we're-with-ya chants in his Sunday speech to supporters -- also touching on two claims we’ve previously checked.

John Carter’s claim about board intruding between doctors and patients

August 22, 2012

Texas U.S. Rep. John Carter lofted a flawed claim about a federal board intruding between you and your doctor.

 

Austin volunteer’s research holds up

August 17, 2012

When we inquired, a volunteer researcher redid his earlier look at whether Austin is the largest U.S. city that elects no City Council members from geographic districts. His work held up.

Paul Begala says his Romney claim ties to New York Times’ blog post

August 14, 2012

After we published our check of a Paul Begala claim about Mitt Romney, Begala told us he had leaned on a New York Times news blog post. Our Mostly False rating stands.

 

Sahr chart for Texas with Obama July 31, 2012

Tracking federal debt change, Truman into Obama

August 3, 2012

Our check of a claim about increases in the federal debt under George W. Bush led us to a breakdown covering every president from Harry S Truman into Barack Obama's tenure.

Cruz, Sadler, the Truth-O-Meter

August 1, 2012

Cruz and Sadler, November foes, have each met the Texas Truth-O-Meter.

Texas fact checks to take to the polls

July 30, 2012

Heading into the Texas primary runoffs, we’ve stacked up about a dozen related fact-checks. Meantime, a Sarah Palin check is in the works.

Checking facts before the Texas primary runoffs

July 29, 2012

The word "criminal" has popped up in recent, checked candidate or campaign group statements. And for fiscal wonks, there’s a whopping Truth-O-Metered sales tax claim.

We invite you to read our latest items before the Texas primary runoffs.

Checking claims about “cocaine constable” and his “incarcerated” challenger

July 25, 2012

A Travis County runoff features competing the-other-guy-was-a-crook claims.

 

Public debt changes, president by president

July 20, 2012

A Democrat's claim about debt under George W. Bush led us to learning how much the public debt changed under every past president, starting with Truman.

Calling Dewhurst a moderate

July 19, 2012

A group that favors Cruz says the major Texas newspapers call Dewhurst a moderate. That's Mostly False.

Dewhurst and Cruz tread familiar claims in U.S. Senate debate

July 17, 2012

In Dallas, Republicans Cruz and Dewhurst duked it out in advance of their July 31 Republican primary runoff election. We tracked some tough, familiar claims. Did you hear a fresh, untested sally?

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