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High Five for October: Obamacare gets hits

November 4, 2013

Two items involving Obamacare, Mary Burke's political debut, debate over a proposed casino and a claim that Wisconsin sold water to California attracted the most page-views at PolitiFact Wisconsin in October 2013.

 

Smoking out voting claims

November 4, 2013

A Democratic group's claim about the Texas voter ID law proved combustible. We've also checked other voting claims.

Cuccinelli and McAuliffe fared poorly on the Truth-O-Meter

November 4, 2013

Of the 14 Cuccinelli claims PolitiFact Virginia fact checked over the last year, 10 were rated Mostly False or worse. Of the 13 McAuliffe statements we checked, 11 were Mostly False or worse.

Fact-checking Charlie Crist

November 4, 2013

Former Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democrat, announces that he will take on Republican Gov. Rick Scott.

Fact-checking the Sunday news shows

November 3, 2013

We're launching the website with a full-court press on Sunday's political news shows. See how the pundits rated on the Truth-O-Meter.

Christie, Buono claims go up against Truth-O-Meter

November 3, 2013

PolitiFact New Jersey looks back at some of the 19 gubernatorial campaign claims made by Gov. Chris Christie and Barbara Buono

Welcome to PunditFact: A new home for fact-checking

November 1, 2013

Even in the entertaining and boisterous world of punditry, words matter and people should be held accountable for what they assert.

Oops: ‘If you like your health insurance, you can keep it’

October 31, 2013

Obama’s old comments come back to haunt him as the health care law enters a critical point of implementation. We review our key fact-checks on the issue.

Would a Kenosha casino drain 40% of the Milwaukee casino’s revenue?

October 30, 2013

Given that we’re talking about projections, we can’t test on the Truth-O-Meter whether the Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Milwaukee would lose as much as 40% of its revenue if the Menominee tribe opens a casino 40 miles to the south in the Kenosha.

We can, however, share what we learned from seven gambling experts.

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