Mailbag: ‘It is all junk!’
Our check of a claim about testing dates in Austin’s schools drew some emails. Let’s open the mailbag.
Our check of a claim about testing dates in Austin’s schools drew some emails. Let’s open the mailbag.
As we move into the general election season, beware of sensational claims about Medicare. Our in-depth report looks at the history and the issues for 2012.
President Barack Obama held his first official campaign rallies in Columbus, Ohio, and Richmond, Va., on Saturday. He repeated several claims that PolitiFact has rated before and made new ones that PolitiFact will rate in the coming weeks.
A TV ad on the air in Florida says President Obama's economic stimulus sent tax credits to Mexico, Finland and China. But the facts tell a different story.
An ad from Americans for Prosperity is a case study in how to weave falsehoods, exaggerations and the occasional fact. We take a closer look.
Is your tax money paying for jobs in Finland?
That's one of the claims in an ad Americans for Prosperity is airing in eight states, including Ohio.
The ad takes aim at President Barack Obama, claiming that stimulus money was sent overseas while Americans are out of work. The claim about Finland is the second one we've checked out.
A statistic about college grads returning home got repeated by the media without scrutiny. Here's a look at how it ended up in an American Crossroads ad.
Few candidates provided more colorful claims to check than former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who's finally leaving the Republican primary contest. Here are our favorite Newt-centric fact-checks.
Few candidates provided more colorful claims to check than former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who's finally leaving the Republican primary contest. Here are our favorite Newt-centric fact-checks.
Americans for Prosperity takes aim at President Barack Obama in a ad running in Ohio and seven other states, claiming that stimulus money was sent overseas while Americans are out of work.
"Tell President Obama, American tax dollars should help American taxpayers," the narrator says. Instead, $2.3 billion in tax credits funded jobs in Mexico, Finland and China, the ad claims.
We checked it out the so-called funding for jobs in Mexico and found the claim somewhat incendiary.
As the dispute over whether the state can exclude Planned Parenthood health centers from the Women’s Health Program plays out in court, we look back at two fact-checks of statements about Planned Parenthood’s involvement in the program.
As the general election campaign heats up, we're seeing a lot of cherry-picking and partially accurate claims.