No-party Gov. Charlie Crist, Democratic U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek and Republican Marco Rubio tossed out numbers galore in the Oct. 6, 2010, U.S. Senate debate aired on ABC stations in Florida. Fortunately, we've been checking the facts.
Rep. Alan Grayson, a Florida Democrat, made waves (and enemies) when he ran an ad that called his opponent "Taliban Dan." Now he he's airing a new ad that tones back the rhetoric a bit. We check the facts.
Rep. Alan Grayson, a Florida Democrat, made waves (and enemies) when he ran an ad that called his opponent "Taliban Dan." Now he he's airing a new ad that tones back the rhetoric a bit. We check the facts.
And it targets the guv with some old ammo.
The Rev. Franklin Graham said Muslim countries won't allow the construction of churches and synagogues. We checked the facts.
The president says he's kept 70 percent. We check his claim on our Obameter and find it's actually only 24 percent.
An attack ad in Missouri accuses Rep. Roy Blunt of inserting language into a national security bill to benefit tobacco giant Philip Morris while he was dating a Philip Morris lobbyist and cashing campaign checks from Philip Morris executives. We check it out.
Whether it's justifying or attacking Arizona's immigration law, or making the case for improved security on the Texas-Mexico border, elected officials have kept us busy checking claims about violence on our southern border.
Yes, California seniors should be worried -- about misleading campaign commercials.
Four weeks to go, and the month opened with a flood of Falses. From Bible verses to solar panels, lost jobs to lost Medicare benefits, all False – or worse.
The Flip-O-Meter spun like a top last week. And once the Truth-O-Meter burned.
We owe this to the State Road and Tollway Authority, which voted to extend the toll on Ga. 400 to 2020. And Democrat candidate for governor Roy Barnes, who mentioned he'd like to run a "civil and polite" campaign to win back his old job.
And there's House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., whose office took a quote out of context. Hence the smoke.
Others fared better. Citizens of the Republic, a group run by veterans of President Ronald Reagan's administration, stuck to the facts. And a Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate got things half right.
We invite you to join our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter. You keep reading, and we'll keep the old Truth-O-Meter churning.
Here's how we ruled last week:
It's the biennial ritual of autumn: an avalanche of attack ads. You know what that means: It's a great time to be a fact-checker!