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Grading Obama on education reform

September 28, 2012

Barack Obama made 31 promises about education, from expanding early learning programs to adding public charter schools. We put his performance to the Obameter.

Event to kill 80 to 90 million people, John Sharp says

September 27, 2012

John Sharp said that according to scientists, a future event will take the lives of 80 to 90 million people. Really?

 

Tommy vs. Tammy: A US Senate debate primer

September 27, 2012

With polls showing his lead evaporating, Tommy Thompson will meet Tammy Baldwin on Friday for the first of three debates in the race for an open Wisconsin U.S. Senate.

Using past Truth-O-Meter ratings, here's a look at past claims by and about the former Republican governor and the Democratic congresswoman.

PAC’s newspaper ad makes multiple false claims about Obama

September 27, 2012

The ad from the Government is Not God PAC has run in papers in Ohio and Florida. We put its claims to the Truth-O-Meter.

Go to our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/politifact.georgia) for full versions of these and other fact-checks. Readers can comment on our rulings at the FaceBook site. Or find us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/politifactga).

We update that page with new fact-checks throughout the news cycle.

Texas Democrats shut out of statewide office longer than Democrats in other states

September 26, 2012

Joaquin Castro says Texas Democrats lead the nation in a losing-streak way.

Fact-checking that spans the globe

September 25, 2012

With the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, we fact-check claims about China, Iran and Israel.

Presidential race blankets Virginia with partial truths

September 25, 2012

Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, a Democrat, are running new ads in Virginia that contain claims that aren't completely true. Here is a summary of the ratings they've received.

Romney ad goes on offense about defense cuts

September 25, 2012

We fact-check a claim from a Mitt Romney campaign ad that says President Barack Obama wants to cut the defense budget.

Go to our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/politifact.georgia) for full versions of these and other fact-checks. Readers can comment on our rulings at the FaceBook site. Or find us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/politifactga).

We update that page with new fact-checks throughout the news cycle.

Truth-O-Meter tackles Democrats’ claims on illegal immigration, Jersey tax cuts

September 25, 2012

Accuracy issues topple claims by U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews, state Assemblyman John Burzichelli

Paul Ryan returning to Texas

September 24, 2012

Paul Ryan stumps in Houston this week. He’s met the Truth-O-Meter already.

Romney ad goes on offense about defense cuts

September 24, 2012

We fact-check a claim from a Mitt Romney campaign ad that says President Barack Obama wants to cut the defense budget.

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