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So, we're in the process of building a new one — and we need your help.
Readers sound off our recent reports on Rand Paul, Paul Krugman, Barack Obama and Sarah Palin. And a few say "Thanks!"
With the tax debate heating up, we review some of the talking points that are just flat wrong.
Frederica Wilson, an incoming freshman from South Florida famous for her headwear, wants to wear a hat on the House floor. She says a rule barring the hats can be waived by the speaker. We check the facts.
Last week's themes were money and power.
AJC PolitiFact Georgia used the Truth-O-Meter on General Assembly Republicans, who stripped power from Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and cheerily called it a "power-sharing agreement."
We tested former President George W. Bush on his record on the national debt.
And to mark the start of Atlanta's fledgling bid to bring back the Super Bowl, we looked at the last time the game came to town. The Atlanta Sports Council said its economic impact was $292 million. Was it really that much?
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Readers weigh in with comments and criticisms via the social networking site.
On Good Morning America, she gives an overinflated measure for small business owners getting a tax increase.
A proposal to reduce the deficit drew fire from economist Paul Krugman on This Week with Christiane Amanpour.
In the past few months, PolitiFact has explored claims likening Social Security to a Ponzi scheme. Strong reader interest in our look at the topic — 100-plus comments on the PolitiFact Facebook page — reminds us that Social Security draws heat.
On the heels of a draft recommendation from the president's deficit advisory panel, we check the accuracy of several claims about spending and taxes.
The election cycle might have ended, but the old Truth-O-Meter kept spinning last week at AJC PolitiFact Georgia.
Topics ranged from animal abuse to the national debt to high school graduation rates. And just about the time Georgians were finishing off the last of the Halloween candy and beginning to plan for the Thanksgiving feast, we took a look at childhood obesity.
It was an unusually "truthy" week, as it turned out. We'd like to take some credit for keeping the power brokers a little more honest. But then we'd probably have to give ourselves a "Pants on Fire."
We hear the state Legislature will be returning to Atlanta in a few months. So it's fitting, we had a bit of a break from the usual mendacity. The Truth-O-Meter needs all the rest it can get before the General Assembly's calamitous return.
In the meantime, we'll keep the Truth-O-Meter primed.
We look at a range of ideas for reducing future deficits and getting the federal debt under control.