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Checking in on Bernie Sanders’ Truth-O-Meter record

By Linda Qiu December 7, 2015

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will make his Tonight Show debut this evening. How has he fared on the Truth-O-Meter so far? 

Fact-checking the Dec. 6 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu December 6, 2015

Several presidential candidates made their case for how they would try to take down ISIS and reduce mass killings before President Barack Obama's nationwide address about terrorism.

PolitiFact fact-checks the Dec. 6 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu December 6, 2015

As the president prepared a nationwide address, pundits and politicians batted around the pros and cons of gun control as a way of fighting terrorism within the United States.

Ted Cruz fact check about shrinking Democrats drew our most clicks in November

By Emma Hinchliffe, W. Gardner Selby December 4, 2015

Our check of Ted Cruz’s claim about the shrinking Democratic Party won November.
 

It proved our most-read fact check in the month, based on online clicks.

 

Read the full fact check.

 

See Ted Cruz’s PolitiFact file--chocked with 60-plus fact checks.

 

Footnote: Our No. 1 most-viewed fact check of October concerned a Republican legislator’s tweet about Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders--and Hitler’s Germany. See Bernie Sanders' Truth-O-Meter report card.

PunditFact previews the Dec. 6 Sunday shows

By Jon Greenberg December 4, 2015

An early look at who will be on the Sunday shows this week.

Presidential campaign, election issues dominate November High Five

By James B. Nelson December 3, 2015

The GOP presidential debate helped drive interest in November.

New information doesn’t fix Donald Trump’s 9/11 claim

By Lauren Carroll December 2, 2015

Donald Trump isn't backing down on his wrong claim that he "watched in Jersey City, N.J., where thousands and thousands of people were cheering" as the World Trade Center collapsed. Here, we address some new information that's come to light.

Fact-checking Bill Maher on cancer drug price hikes

By Lauren Carroll December 2, 2015

Bill Maher says what Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli did to jack up the cost of a cancer drug isn't unique for that industry. 

PolitiFact Florida’s Top 5 stories for November

By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin November 30, 2015

Statements by GOP presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio dominated our fact-checks in November.

 

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