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Susan Combs knows the Truth-O-Meter

May 29, 2013

Susan Combs knows the Truth-O-Meter. That’s not so for all the prospective contenders to succeed her.

Michele Bachmann and the Truth-O-Meter

May 29, 2013

The Minnesota Republican kept the Truth-O-Meter busy. Accuracy was an issue, but her statements were always interesting!

PolitiFact Texas marks two years on Austin’s KUT FM

May 29, 2013

Once a week for two years, Austin's KUT News has talked through one of our fact checks.

Cake time? Kind of.

Bill Hammond says only 25 percent of Texas high school graduates are college ready

May 28, 2013

A leading business advocate said only one in four Texas high school graduates is college ready. Really?

PolitiFact Australia brings fact-checking to TV

May 28, 2013

Our fact-checking partner in Australia teams up with the network Channel 7 to bring fact-checking reports to TV.

Scandal-o-rama!

May 24, 2013

Claims about the IRS and the controversy over Benghazi have kept the Truth-O-Meter busy.

As the IRS sits in the hot seat, we check tax facts

May 23, 2013

We looked at two claims -- one by a Republican lawmaker, one by a Democratic lawmaker -- that go to the heart of whether the IRS is too fearsome, or not doing enough

In context: Rick Scott’s comments on Republicans and jobs

May 23, 2013

To Democratic ears, Gov. Rick Scott's remarks from a GOP dinner sound a lot like Mitt Romney's '47 percent' comment last year in Boca Raton. Read both remarks and decide for yourself.

In Context: Tying military culture to sexual abuse in the military

May 23, 2013

After a Pentagon report estimated that 26,000 members of the armed forces were sexually assaulted in 2012, U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, blamed military culture for the military’s sexual assault problem.

Her take -- and subsequent criticism from conservatives -- create a space for In Context, an occasional feature that tells more of the story about statements that get widespread attention.

As the IRS sits in the hot seat, we check tax facts

May 22, 2013

We looked at two claims -- one by a Republican lawmaker, one by a Democratic lawmaker -- that go to the heart of whether the IRS is too fearsome, or not doing enough.

Rick Perry, Sam Houston, slavery–and the Boy Scouts

May 22, 2013

Rick Perry, exhorting the Boy Scouts to continue excluding gays, analogized to Sam Houston and slavery on the eve of the Civil War. We wondered about that.

Fact-checking Rick Scott’s table setting

May 21, 2013

We've fact-checked several talking points included in a campaign-style flier from the governor's office that greeted Florida Council of 100 members at a recent dinner.

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