Mailbag: The Mitt Romney edition
Our readers sound off about our recent coverage of the Republican primary frontrunner, Mitt Romney.
Our readers sound off about our recent coverage of the Republican primary frontrunner, Mitt Romney.
PolitiFact is checking the GOP presidential candidates' stump speeches as they battle for the nomination. Now it's time for former Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Rick Santorum to face the Truth-O-Meter. These checks are based on statements he made in Tennessee.
Pat Robertson says marijuana should be legalized. We learned that an El Paso congressional candidate beat him to that declaration.
Gov. Scott Walker has a new campaign TV ad, "Promises Kept," but much of the ground it covers is familiar to PolitiFact Wisconsin readers. The ad is the first since Walker declined to challenge recall petitions against him.
With an eye on past Truth-O-Meter ratings (and some from the Walk-O-Meter), we take a look at a series of claims made in the ad.
For Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander, there are lots of reasons to loathe wind power. The East Tennessean loves his unobstructed mountain views and much prefers the consistently reliable power output from nuclear reactors.
And lately he has been claiming that wind turbines lead to a yearly slaughter of birds. His claim about turbines being "a Cuisinart in the sky" for birds reflects at least one estimate, but others show lower numbers.
And there's this -- among manmade hazards, wind turbines play a tiny role in bird deaths.
As winter slogs on, we check the contents of our reader mailbag.
Rick Perry has been off the national campaign trail long enough for the Perry-O-Meter to crunch into gear. Here's proof.
We put Rick Santorum claims from a speech last week near Knoxville, Tenn., to the Truth-O-Meter as part of our continuing series fact-checking the stump speeches of the presidential candidates.
Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke told an unofficial hearing of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee on Feb. 23, 2012, that the omission of contraceptive coverage by her Jesuit school created "financial, emotional and medical burdens" for students.
Her comments caught the ear of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, who called Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute" demanding that taxpayers pay for her to have sex. You've probably heard Limbaugh's words (for which he later said he apologized) repeated plenty. Here's what Fluke said that ignited his ire.
Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke told an unofficial hearing of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee on Feb. 23, 2012, that the omission of contraceptive coverage by her Jesuit school created "financial, emotional and medical burdens" for students.
Her comments caught the ear of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, who called Fluke a slut and a prostitute demanding that taxpayers pay for her to have sex. You've probably heard Limbaugh's words (for which he later said he apologized) repeated plenty. Here's what Fluke said that ignited his ire.
A New York Times columnist's concerns about the new Texas law requiring a woman seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound reminded us of our check of a 2011 claim.
It's Super Tuesday, and Georgians are heading to the polls. Here’s PolitiFact’s guide to the multimillion-dollar ad blitz.
With the field down to four Republican contenders, campaigns and super PACs are attacking their opponents with hot-button allegations about supporting Planned Parenthood, Obamacare and even Nancy Pelosi that are designed to strike fear in the hearts of Republican voters.
There's been some piling on. We've seen several examples where two (or more) candidates have made the same attack.
The one candidate who hasn't been attacked much: Ron Paul. He's has been busy attacking others — but we didn’t find ads attacking him. (If you see one, send it our way!)
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