President Obama’s interview with a Texas reporter and a poke at Gov. Rick Perry by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow tickled the Truth-O-Meter last week. We also pondered the costs of cancer and whether Austin’s water has a dash of added toxicity.
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Boy howdy LBJ, we’re already edging toward the 2012 presidential election judging from a March claim that snagged our attention.
We took up GOP prospect Mitch Daniels’ riposte that government workers in 41 states fare better than the taxpayers who support them. Of course, many possible candidates also are fair game for the Truth-O-Meter.
Two "what-if" warnings and a compensation snapshot per the state’s thousand-plus school superintendents fluttered the Texas Truth-O-Meter last week.
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Our fact-checks about college tuition and the craft beer industry were reader favorites last week. We also checked how many Texas college students arrive academically unprepared and whether an Austin elementary school is rooted in the Texas Constitution.
When San Antonio state Rep. Mike Villarreal recently piped up about the growth of the craft beer industry, he stepped into familiar Truth-O-Meter terrain.
Our review of U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul’s comment about terrorists putting explosives into baby dolls was a reader favorite last week. But we also checked eye-catching statements by Sen. John Cornyn and state Rep. Sylvester Turner.
Our meter moved from False to True last week.
Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell survived his debut on the Texas Truth-O-Meter last week while statements from three legislators, a Democratic activist and a New York Times columnist also rocked the needle.
Read on. It's the debut of the PolitiFact Texas Flashback.
Counting all Texas school districts as one entity, you’re eyeing the fifth-largest employer in the world--one that’s about the size of the U.S. Postal Service. That’s the latest in a busload of education claims to face a Texas fact check.
When lawmakers debate, factual claims fly--keeping the Truth-O-Meter busy.
As fact-checkers, we sit up especially straight when someone connected to Texas politics makes a flat-out claim. Absolutes seem to holler for review.
The editor of PolitiFact National appeared on CNN’s "Reliable Source" this weekend, defending a recent False rating bestowed on a statement by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow.