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GOP Ad Guru Fred Davis versus the Truth-O-Meter

September 23, 2010

Fred Davis is the man behind some of the most widely-viewed viral campaign videos over the past couple years. PolitiFact has weighed in on many of them.

Charlie Crist went to Disney World! Now who paid for it?

September 21, 2010

Charlie Crist and former Republican Party of Florida chairman Jim Greer took their families to Disney World in 2009. Republican donors paid more than $11,000 for the weekend getaway. But did they help pick up Crist's tab?

The Truth-O-Meter report card on Michele Bachmann

September 21, 2010

We've checked the Minnesota Republican 11 times and she's never scored higher than a False.

Does your natural gas flow through wood pipes?

September 20, 2010

Bill Maher said it might. But we failed to find convincing evidence to support his claim.

Stakes high for AJC PolitiFact Georgia

September 19, 2010

The stakes were high for AJC PolitiFact Georgia last week.

Two U.S. senators and a Clayton County official made claims on one of this state's hottest topics: jobs.

The White House sparred with U.S. House Republican leader John Boehner over tax cuts that could have a major impact on the struggling economy. Republican governors tried to thwart the efforts of Democrat Roy Barnes to reclaim the governor's seat.

And a candidate for agriculture commissioner bet about $1 billion in economic benefit would rain down if we let Georgians gamble on ponies.

Here's a roundup of this week's rulings:
 

Fact-checking Sen. Barbara Boxer’s attack ad on Carly Fiorina’s record at HP

September 17, 2010

Fiorina is accused of laying off tens of thousands of HP workers and shipping jobs overseas at the same time her salary tripled and perks expanded.

Rick Perry assails Bill White with three ads salted with familiar charges

September 17, 2010

In case Texans were forlorn about missing out on TV ad wars raging in other states, GOP Gov. Rick Perry popped three new 30-second spots this week painting his Democratic opponent, Bill White, as having been a spendthrift, even unethical mayor of Houston. We've confirmed that one of them has run in Austin; we're not sure if or where (or how often) the ads are running otherwise.

Filling the airwaves or not, the ads float new charges we have not reviewed and hammer a few criticisms PolitiFact Texas has heard before...

 

Checking in on tough campaign promises

September 16, 2010

No one said the presidency was easy! We report the latest on closing Guantanamo, stopping extreme rendition, enforcing paygo rules, and ending the abuse of supplemental war budgets.

Fact-checking “Wizard of Oz” ad that casts Nancy Pelosi as Wicked Witch of the West

September 15, 2010

Republican John Dennis scored a viral video hit with his Wizard of Oz themed ad, which casts his opponent, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in the role of the Wicked Witch of the West. We check a claim in the ad that taxpayers pay $18,000 a month for Pelosi's district office in downtown San Francisco.

Fact-checking Austan Goolsbee

September 14, 2010

The new head of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers answers questions on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour" -- and makes his debut with the Truth-O-Meter.

PolitiFact Florida exclusive: Rick Scott wouldn’t be Florida’s first bald governor

September 14, 2010

John Thrasher said this weekend that, if elected, Rick Scott would be Florida's first bald governor. PolitiFact Florida dropped everything to analyze this critically important detail.

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