Rick Scott touts reaching 700,000 jobs, but that’s not what he promised
While the governor says he reached his 7-7-7 milestone in less than four years, we'd like to remind him the employment goal was on top of normal economic growth.
While the governor says he reached his 7-7-7 milestone in less than four years, we'd like to remind him the employment goal was on top of normal economic growth.
PunditFact gives you the first look at the 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 begin a series of stories looking back at the most interesting fact-checks of 2014. Today's topic: immigration.
Fact-checking Dick Cheney on the torture report
Pete Gallego of Texas slipped this into his farewell remarks on the House floor: "This Congress made history as the least productive, most unpopular Congress in the history of this proud nation."
Ever ever ever?
We asked readers what they thought about the year in politics and our many fact-checks. Here's a deep dive into what they said.
Fact-checking Dick Cheney on the torture report
PunditFact and our partners fact-check rhetoric from talking heads and politicians about a Senate committee's report on brutal CIA interrogation methods.
Steve Adler, set to be sworn in as Austin's mayor in January, already has a record on the Texas Truth-O-Meter.
See Austin Mayor-elect Steve Adler's PolitiFact report card.
"Global warming is a hoax" was the falsehood that won our Readers' Choice poll for Lie of the Year. Here's a look back at that fact-check, as well as other 2014 fact-checks on the Keystone XL pipeline, proposed carbon-cutting regulations on power plants, and the polar vortex.
We look back at some of our notable fact-checks of and about Jeb Bush.
It is not an exaggeration to say more Americans have died from the flu this year than from Ebola.
Yet misleading and ridiculous exaggerations about a virus that killed just two people in the United States last year stoked fear and confusion about the deadly disease.
They said Ebola was easy to catch, that illegal immigrants may be carrying the virus across the southern border, that it was all part of a government or corporate conspiracy. They were wrong.
That's why PolitiFact's 2014 Lie of the Year is a collection of myths and distortions about Ebola. For a closer look, read the full story here.
The emergence of Ebola in the United States sparked a political and media frenzy, but many of the claims made were far from accurate. Collectively, they are PolitiFact's 2014 Lie of the Year.
The emergence of Ebola in the United States sparked a political and media frenzy, but many of the claims made were far from accurate. Collectively, they are PolitiFact's sixth annual Lie of the Year.
Meanwhile, in Austin, runoffs for local offices are Tuesday. See related fact checks here!