Following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act, PolitiFact New Jersey reflects on fact-checks about the law.
With today's ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, we review the best of our fact-checks on health care. Warning: Whoppers ahead!
With the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the health care law, we name the top 5 False and Pants on Fire claims.
Gov. Rick Scott has backed off two campaign promises for stricter enforcement on illegal immigration.
Dewhurst, comparing Border Patrol agents and New York cops, reminds us of a previous time he did so -- which one observer likened to comparing apples and carburetors.
A chain email claims that a lip-reading instructor for the River School has determined that at a 9/11 ceremony, Michelle Obama said, "All this for a damn flag." We check the facts.
Truth-O-Meter shoots down claims about New Jersey job growth, size of state budget.
We've checked many claims about SB 1070, the Arizona immigration law, and often found the claims were a stretch.
Believe it or not, it's been two years since we published our first PolitiFact Rhode Island Truth-O-Meter ruling.
On June 25, 2010, we joined a partnership with PolitiFact.com that has grown to include eleven states.
Since then, we’ve published 230 Truth-O-Meter rulings, checking claims from politicians, talk-show hosts, bloggers, e-mailers, labor leaders and even a billboard. Our goal remains the same: to help readers separate fact from fiction in the public discourse.
For the record, here’s our scorecard so far: True: 44. Mostly True: 30. Half True: 37. Mostly False: 32. False: 55. Pants on Fire: 32.
Remember, If you see or hear a claim you’d like us to check, please send it to politifact@providencejournal.com.
We've checked many claims about SB 1070, the Arizona immigration law, and often found the claims were a stretch.
An Austin political action committee says Adan Ballesteros, seeking re-election as a constable, accepted "cocaine blood money." We decided this claim cannot be rated.
With Facebook now serving as the town square for American politics, activists -- and powerful interest groups -- have found a new way to hang posters.