A change in the meter: Barely True is now Mostly False
After an overwhelming response from readers, we're changing the Truth-O-Meter. Barely True will now be called Mostly False.
After an overwhelming response from readers, we're changing the Truth-O-Meter. Barely True will now be called Mostly False.
After an overwhelming response from readers, we're changing the Truth-O-Meter. Barely True will now be called Mostly False.
After an overwhelming response from readers, we're changing the Truth-O-Meter. Barely True will now be called Mostly False.
Starting today, PolitiFact’s Barely True rating for significantly flawed statements by political figures is history. In its place, we’re introducing Mostly False, meaning that a claim contains some element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression.
We're checking claims by President Obama and Rep. John Boehner in their prime-time speeches.
The Legislature’s two-year extension of a business tax exemption prompts the Perry-O-Meter to register a Compromise for the first time. During his re-election campaign, Gov. Rick Perry pledged to make the exemption permanent.
We're celebrating one year of PolitiFact Ohio.
We launched July 25, 2010. Since then we've posted Truth-O-Meter ratings on more 200 statements, including some surprising truths and some real whoppers.
Politicians kept the truth close at hand at PolitiFact Georgia last week.
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp earned a True on a claim about election law violations. So did Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker, who talked about the region’s transportation needs. A criminal justice expert earned a Mostly True when he questioned the effectiveness of Atlanta’s curfew law.
State Sen. Jack Murphy strayed the furthest from the truth with a statement on immigration. Half True, we ruled.
All in all, not a bad week for Truthiness.
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As Washington debates the plans and proposals on the national debt, we check the facts.
When we asked for reader opinion about whether to change our Barely True rating to Mostly False, the floodgates opened. And the comments went heavily in one direction.
Allen West called Debbie Wasserman Schultz "the most vile, unprofessional, and despicable member of the U.S. House of Representatives."
When we asked for reader opinion about whether to change our Barely True rating to Mostly False, the floodgates opened. And the comments went heavily in one direction.