Half-True rulings are not half-hearted judgments
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 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.
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.
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.
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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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?
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.
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?
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.
When Gov. Rick Perry brought up sanctuary cities as an emergency item for the session, we reviewed statements we've checked that covered similar turf.
The launch on Jan. 1, 2011, of our Scott-O-Meter certainly piqued the interest of many of our readers. The most overwhelming comment we heard -- why don't you track the promises of President Barack Obama? Well, we do.
We've created new promise features and made some improvements to our search engine.
Texas is $27 billion short of what agencies say they need to continue current services — a hard number on the shortfall that’s been talked about for months, giving us a chance to review statements that didn't hold up.