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Scott ‘gets to work’ on fulfilling campaign promises

January 21, 2011

Gov. Rick Scott ended his inauguration speech by repeating his trademark phrase, "Let's get to work." Three weeks into his fledgling administration, he has done just that. We mark the progress on the Scott-O-Meter.

PolitiFact’s greatest hits on health care

January 20, 2011

This week's debate over the health care law included many claims that we've put to the Truth-O-Meter.

The Obama scorecard

January 18, 2011

At the two-year mark of his presidency, we tally how President Obama is doing on his campaign promises. He's got 26 percent Promises Kept and 8 percent Broken.

Half-True rulings are not half-hearted judgments

January 18, 2011

The Truth-O-Meter is based on the concept that truth in politics often is not black and white, but shades of gray. We have three different shades of gray: Mostly True, Half True, and Barely True. 

The Obama halftime report

January 17, 2011

At the midway point in his four-year term, we examine six of President Obama's campaign promises that illustrate the successes, failures and challenges of his presidency.

Political vitriol is bad these days, but experts say it’s been worse

January 17, 2011

The day after an Arizona congresswoman and 18 other people were shot in Tucson, former Wisconsin congressman Dave Obey spoke out on the state of public discourse in America.

"We are now reaping the whirlwind after years of wild anti-government, anti-politician, simplistic political vitriol," Obey said in a statement issued Jan. 9, 2011.

A look at the state of political discourse.

PolitiFact Georgia cranks up the Deal-O-Meter

January 16, 2011

Like the Truth-O-Meter? Then meet the Deal-O-Meter.

AJC PolitiFact Georgia's new gizmo detects whether our freshly minted governor, Nathan Deal, lives up to his campaign promises.

We rolled it out just in time for Inauguration Day on Monday. It has already ruled on promises Deal made on ethics, personal finances and a slew of other issues. 

Not that the Truth-O-Meter is idle. We sent it to south central Georgia to learn about wild hogs, then to D.C. for an item on the national debt.

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Perry-O-Meter debuts to gauge governor’s promises

January 14, 2011

On Tuesday, re-elected Gov. Rick Perry is bound to swear — you might say promise — to "faithfully execute" his office’s duties and  "preserve, protect and defend" the U.S. and Texas constitution and laws.

Fact is, Perry has made about 30 promises already. And now the Austin American-Statesman’s PolitiFact Texas is launching the Perry-O-Meter to track how his promises fare. We miss any?

Truth-O-Meter report card on Kay Bailey Hutchison

January 14, 2011

After Texas' senior U.S. senator announced she won't run for re-election, we decided to review her past ratings on the Truth-O-Meter.

Did the White House “brand” memorial service with logo and slogan?

January 14, 2011

Conservative pundit Michelle Malkin says the White House "branded" the University of Arizona memorial service for victims of the Arizona shootings with a slogan, "Together We Thrive," a logo and T-shirts. But did the White House actually orchestrate all that?

Fact-checking claims about guns and violence

January 13, 2011

Since the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others in Tucson, firearms and violence have dominated the national discussion. We put three claims to the Truth-O-Meter.

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