Did you know? Gov. Abbott, who gave his first State-of-the-State address Tuesday, took office after making about 50 campaign promises.
In his speech, Abbott touched on several of his promises -- which may cause the Abbott-O-Meter to show some movement in his favor (we've got fresh mulling ahead). Read all about his speech on statesman.com. Perhaps you noticed a claim we should fact-check!
"You get one little minutiae wrong, in a long drawn-out sentence," said ABC and CNN political commentator Donna Brazile, "and all of the sudden you become a verb, you get PunditFacted."
The State of the Union address -- and Joni Ernst's Republican response -- were some of the biggest draws in January for PolitiFact readers.
How is it that the conservative commentator linked the two?
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.
We look back at our recent fact-checks on the safety of vaccines and the danger of measles.
Jon Stewart’s epic rundown of PolitiFact’s fact-checks of Fox News
PolitiFact Florida has fact-checked several claims from the longtime congressman from Broward County, including provocative comments about Texas.
Alcee Hastings, the Florida congressman who declared Texas a "crazy" state, went on to say the Lone Star state has a law barring bears from being shot from second-floor windows, or words to that effect.
Not at all. Pants on Fire ahead!
Jon Stewart says he’ll be stepping down as host of the The Daily Show later this year. We remember the time he admitted we got him on a fact-check. Then he turned the tables on Fox News.
There is almost as much interest in Gov. Scott Walker's college days as there is in what he's doing today.
Pundits and the fact-checkers who question them collided Tuesday in Washington.
Coming soon: PolitiFact California
At a PunditFact event Tuesday at the National Press Club, pundits Kathleen Parker, Donna Brazile and Jackie Kucinich weighed in on Brian Williams' troubles.