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Sunday news show preview for Sept. 28

September 26, 2014

Every Friday 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.

The list is updated as shows announce their guests.

City of Austin workers paid over $100K? Ye$.

September 26, 2014

One of the nearly 80 candidates for Austin City Council made a claim about city workers earning six figures.

When the U.S. goes to war, TV networks call on the warheads

September 25, 2014

A group of military analysts decipher U.S. military analysts for TV viewers, but who exactly are they? PunditFact wanted to find out.

Read more fact-checks about terrorism, Iraq, and the military.

The Kentucky U.S. Senate race: the fact-checks so far

September 24, 2014

A look back at the fact-checks in the Kentucky Senate race between Republican Mitch McConnell and Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes.

“Capital Tonight” features PolitiFact Texas weekly

September 24, 2014

Paul Brown and "Capital Tonight" have been having us over to take questions. We share video proof (above).

Fact-checking pundits on climate change

September 23, 2014

Climate change is in the news with President Barack Obama's Tuesday address at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York. 

Fact-checking Georgia’s tight U.S. Senate race

September 23, 2014

The fight between Democrat Michelle Nunn and Republican David Perdue in Georgia's Senate race is intensifying.

A recent exclusive Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll shows the race is so tight, it is within the margin of error. PolitiFact Georgia has followed the race closely for months. Several recent fact checks are below.

Crist, Scott TV battle heats up

September 22, 2014

As campaign spending for TV ads tops $50 million in Florida's governor's race, we take a look at the latest attacks.

Debate, TribuneFest: ‘PolitiFact sometimes gets it right’

September 22, 2014

We heard fresh possibly checkable factual claims from this weekend's gubernatorial debate in the RGV and the interview sessions at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin. At the fest, Republican lieutenant governor nominee Dan Patrick took issue with his latest Pants on Fire.

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