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The Republican governor's hits and misses on the Truth-O-Meter in 2014, ranked in order of viewership on our site.
 

Accuracy of claims we fact-checked on Fox News has dipped recently, while the opposite is true for MSNBC.

In all the criticism against President Barack Obama’s executive action on illegal immigration, there’s one policy unexpectedly caught in the fallout: Obamacare. 

• Jeb Bush: ‘Only because I am going to be PolitiFacted’

• Our top 5 fact-checks and reports for November 2014

The former Florida governor mentions PolitiFact during a recent high-profile appearance with the Wall Street Journal.

• Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn kept most campaign promises

Wisconsin employers reported another strong month of hiring in October, according to the latest monthly report released by the state Department of Workforce Development.

A look back at our most-clicked work from November.

Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott figured into two of our most-read fact checks in November. But a 9/11 story won the month, per online reader views. More ahead or below.

The Texas Cinco:

* "Greg Abbott says he has sued Obama administration 25 times"

* "Roger Williams: Obama policies contributed to raising gas prices from $1.89 in 2009 to $3.51 today"

* "Americans must answer U.S. Census Bureau survey by law, though agency hasn't prosecuted refusals since 1970"

* "Greg Abbott plan doesn't mandate standardized testing of 4-year-olds, but school districts could take that tack"

* "In Context: Laura Pressley’s ‘something was planted’ in World Trade Center"

Readers clicked on fact-checks about events in Ferguson, President Barack Obama’s actions on immigration, and "death panels."

Jason Stanford was hardly the only person to say Texas had the nation’s worst voter turnout this November.

But when he made his declaration, we noticed--and checked.

All year, we’ve tackled claims about women and domestic violence, equal pay, the cost of health care, how many go to medical school, and whether pregnancy drives them into poverty. Here are our top six fact-checks tied to gender.

As we all bask in the warm glow of Thanksgiving, PolitiFact presents another opportunity for readers to register complaints and concerns about our recent fact-checks.

Analyzing the state of Buckhorn's 34 campaign promises as the end of his four-year term approaches.