Lie of the Year: Reader comments
Readers comment on PolitiFact's 'Lie of the Year'
Readers comment on PolitiFact's 'Lie of the Year'
We'll be announcing the year's most significant falsehood here at 11:30 p.m., and we'll be discussing it on Nightline and tomorrow on NPR's Morning Edition.
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, outgoing Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate, said government has added 590,000 jobs since January 2008. We found he was way off.
Critics on both sides of the political aisle criticize the estate tax estate tax portion of the compromise plan on taxes. We check one from each side.
Former GOP strategist Matthew Dowd said on ABC's This Week that the economy has "only worsened" since Barack Obama became president. We look at a range of economic statistics to gauge whether he's right.
The election's over, but we're still busy checking claims that make us wonder. And readers keep writing when they disagree with the rating...
Nothing beats a good, warm fire to brighten our lives during these frigid winter days.
So last week, AJC PolitiFact Georgia set two pairs of pants ablaze.
The first Pants On Fire ruling belonged to TV and radio host Glenn Beck, who compared a real Ohio town to fictional Bedford Falls of the classic holiday movie "It's a Wonderful Life."
The second belonged to AMC hit show "The Walking Dead," which blew up Atlanta's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of the Zombie Apocalypse.
Some pairs survived intact. President Barack Obama did OK and a crime ranking earned a Half True, but the britches of the National Football League Players Association got singed.
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Something must be wrong. In the month or so since the election, Florida politicians have been getting their facts right. Are we on our way out of a job? We take a look.
The president wrongly describes the history of the two programs. The Truth-O-Meter turns red.
With the DREAM Act heating up in Congress, so too is the rhetoric about it. We take a look at several claims from opponents of the bill, which would provide a path to citizenship for children brought to the United States illegally if they complete two years of college or in the military.
With the DREAM Act heating up in Congress, so too is rhetoric about it. We take a look at claims from opponents of the proposal, which would provide a path to citizenship for children brought to the United States illegally who later complete two years in college or the military. U.S. Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, is among the foes.