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The Truth-O-Meter spent last week searching for holes in politicians’ statements. And boy, did we find some cheesy ones.

In fact, we found one about Swiss cheese from U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland. It paired nicely with a Mostly True statement about alcohol that we ran the following day. It was a PolitiFact Georgia version of a cocktail party.

The festivities were brief. We marched on to cover statements on immigration and federal fiances. One from President Barack Obama stank like a slab of Limburger cheese.

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The MSNBC host criticized PolitiFact for a False rating we gave her and our decision not to issue a correction. We explain our reasoning and post our e-mails to Maddow's producer.

The MSNBC host criticized PolitiFact for a False rating we gave her and our decision not to issue a correction. We explain our reasoning and post our e-mails to Maddow's producer.

Readers tell us how they would have rated statements (and one suggests a leftish replacement for the Truth-O-Meter).

During a prank call from a blogger, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said most of the protesters in Madison were from out of state. We put that and other new claims to the Truth-O-Meter.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, we read, says no one should be shocked he’s seeking to whittle collective-bargaining rights for government-employee unions in the Badger State.

PolitiFact Wisconsin put the kibosh on that claim; it’s also fact-checked more than a dozen others, finding few statements to be True.

We look at what's being said about the budget controversy in Wisconsin.

Our reader raised an interesting point: how does the increase in road costs compare to the rise in overall inflation?

For the first time, Washington-based PolitiFact National has posted the principles we live by in choosing statements to check and then, after research, reaching our ratings.

We explain our process for selecting claims to check and how we make our Truth-O-Meter rulings.

The Truth-O-Meter seems more flammable lately.

We explain our process for selecting claims to check and how we make our Truth-O-Meter rulings.