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Fact-checking the May 17 news shows

May 17, 2015

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates discussed the state of the American economy Sunday, arguing that business leaders don’t need lower tax rates in the way Republicans have claimed.

PunditFact previews the May 17 Sunday shows

May 15, 2015

Every Friday, PunditFact gives you the first look at guests on the Sunday news shows. On Sunday, we see if what they said is true. You can read how they fared here or weekly in the Daily Beast.

Report: Texan Rick Perry poised to announce for president

May 15, 2015

The Dallas Morning News advises, here, that Rick Perry plans to declare his second bid for president June 4 in Dallas.

 

Translation: We're about 20 days away from Texans Perry and Ted Cruz facing off for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination--plus a few others, of course.

 

 

Home and away: An accounting of Scott Walker’s travels

May 15, 2015

Gov. Scott Walker’s travels as a 2016 contender for the White House raise a legitimate question: How much time is he in Wisconsin?

Plus: Ron Johnson vs. Russ Feingold, The Rematch

PunditFact looks at Fox News, Barack Obama and their ‘lazy’ back-and-forth

May 14, 2015

Fox Business News Stuart Varney challenged President Barack Obama's claim that Fox has depicted people on food stamps as lazy.

Fox News, Barack Obama and their ‘lazy’ back-and-forth

May 14, 2015

Fox Business News Stuart Varney challenged President Barack Obama's claim that Fox has depicted people on food stamps as lazy.

Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton and authorizing the war in Iraq

May 12, 2015

We take a look at what Bush told Fox’s Megyn Kelly about what he and his potential Democratic rival would have done about Iraq.

Annotating Rick Scott on Medicaid expansion

May 12, 2015

Florida Gov. Rick Scott made some of his most extended comments about Medicaid expansion to reporters in Washington on May 6, 2015. PolitiFact Florida has annotated a transcript of the press conference. 

Rouhani Meter tracks Iran president’s campaign promises

May 12, 2015

An innovative project based in Toronto is monitoring the promises of Hassan Rouhani, president of Iran.

 

In campaign, Steve Adler promised to resolve recycled-water conflict that was already settling out

May 11, 2015

Color us purple.

 

We're removing a recycled-water promise by Austin Mayor Steve Adler from the Adler-O-Meter, which gauges progress on his campaign promises. A reader helped us realize problems declared by Adler were being addressed before he took office. Read the deets...

PunditFact fact-checks the May 10 news shows

May 10, 2015

Carly Fiorina defended her record at Hewlett-Packard in an interview with NBC's Chuck Todd.

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