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Your guide to the Sunday, Aug. 17 news shows

August 15, 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.

Fact-checking Obama’s rules on carbon and coal plants

August 14, 2014

The Environmental Protection Agency's new rules to curb carbon emissions have spurred concerns ranging from economic impact to the closing of coal plants. We took a look at some of the claims surrounding the EPA's regulations.

The Internet’s overreach on the Ebola outbreak

August 13, 2014

As the Ebola outbreak grows in Africa, misinformation about the epidemic is spreading about the crisis here in America.

 

Fact-checking women’s issues in the Kentucky Senate race

August 13, 2014

The Violence Against Women Act is at the center of the Kentucky Senate race between Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes. We took a look at two dueling ads in the race on the issue.

PolitiFact Florida to appear in Halifax Media Group newspapers

August 12, 2014

More readers will get PolitiFact Florida's award-winning fact-checks in their local newspapers. 

Fact-checking around the world: an update

August 12, 2014

A year ago, we looked at the rise of fact-checking journalism in other countries. Today, there's even more international fact-checking going on. Let us introduce you to some of our counterparts around the world.

George Soros and Ebola, Lindsey Graham’s ‘attack,’ Rio Grande crime: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup

August 12, 2014

Today's PolitiFact Oregon Roundup includes everything from claims that billionaires George Soros and Bill and Melinda Gates are tied to the Ebola outbreak in Africa to assertions that crime in Texas' Rio Grande Valley is below that of other big-cities areas in the Lone Star State.

A closer look at Michelle Nunn

August 12, 2014

Which political party controls the U.S.. Senate could hinge on Georgia's battle for the seat being left open with Saxby Chambliss' retirement.

Voters, and fact checkers, got a long look at GOP nominee David Perdue after the nine-week runoff campaign that ended last month.

Democrat Michelle Nunn found herself in the spotlight shortly after that vote, with the accidental leak of a 144-page strategy memo from her campaign.

Below are some of the fact checks connected to that memo and Nunn's bid for the seat.


 
 

Tweets on Wendy Davis ad assailing Abbott dissent in case linked to rape

August 11, 2014

We’re sharing tweets about our fact check of an ad from Wendy Davis about Greg Abbott’s position in a case when he served on the Texas Supreme Court.

Rand Paul vs. Rand Paul, Harry Reid’s ‘do-nothing’ Congress: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup

August 11, 2014

Rand Paul's claims swing back and forth on the Truth-O-Meter in today's PolitiFact Oregon Roundup, while assertions about Harry Reid and college tuition levels also make an appearance. 

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