Mike Huckabee, Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson on the Truth-O-Meter
We review our fact-checks of three new GOP candidates for president: former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former computer executive Carly Fiorina and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
We review our fact-checks of three new GOP candidates for president: former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former computer executive Carly Fiorina and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
Carly Fiorina, freshly declared for president, was born in Austin, Texas, though mostly grew up in the San Francisco area.
See her Truth-O-Meter report card HERE.
Several presidential hopefuls have Texas links--and previously, two presidents were born there.
A fact-check that might upset your stomach.
Announcers claimed the big fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao generated more revenue than the yearly GDP of 29 countries.
Claims by Jeb Bush topped the Truth-O-Meter in the past month.
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.
Favorites from the month come from Gov. Scott Walker on the national campaign trail.
A Nevada man tells a big lie about Harry Reid to see if partisan media will fall for it. It works. A few weeks later, he comes clean to a newspaper that he made it up to prove a point, earning him praise and criticism.
What's on the Sunday shows
Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and Rand Paul made it onto our most-read list for April.
• Why bloggers, Rush Limbaugh ran with the phony story about Harry Reid
• Bernie Sanders and the Truth-O-Meter
• In Context: What Baltimore's mayor said about space for rioters
With Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to announce soon that he’s running for president in 2016, we thought we’d take a look back at his record on the Truth-O-Meter.
• In Context: What Baltimore's mayor said about space for rioters
• Jeb Bush's questionable attack on Barack Obama and the use of U.S. power
Chatter fanned by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones about federal troops imposing martial law in Texas isn't substantiated, news reports indicate.
Read a wide-ranging rundown of the situation from reporter Jonathan Tilove of the Austin American-Statesman, here.
BONUS: See our 2014 fact check of a claim rooted in a stunt undertaken by a Jones-backed operation that University of Texas students signed a petition supportive of killing babies after birth.
In the wake of the Baltimore riots, some accused Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake of adopting a hands-off policy on the looting and arson. We give you the full text of her statements on the matter.
• Jeb Bush's questionable attack on Barack Obama and the use of U.S. power