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The guests discussed dropout rates, nutrition and whether McDonalds serves free-range eggs at its British restaurants. We put the claims to the Truth-O-Meter.
 

A candidate for a New York congressional seat says the Obama administration is planning to keep a federal health record on all U.S. citizens, including everyone's Body Mass Index. We check the facts.

The truth and politicos were strangers last week.

The Truth-O-Meter ruled Half True and worse on statements about "dirty" campaign contributions, stimulus spending, the community center and mosque near ground zero, and sexual deviance.

And our Flip-O-Meter, which detects whether politicians have shifted their opinions, found that a gubernatorial candidate inched away from his ideal of running a "civil and polite" campaign.

Here's how the politicos fared:

We'll be fact-checking speeches from Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial. In the meantime, we review how he's fared on the Truth-O-Meter.

President Barack Obama has declared himself a Christian. He has worshipped in Christian churches, prayed with Christian ministers, and recounted how he knelt beneath a cross and felt God's spirit.

And yet, a surprising number of Americans keep telling pollsters they believe he's a Muslim.

The Pew Research Center last week reported that 18 percent of Americans believe Obama is a Muslim, up from 11 percent in March 2009. A Time magazine poll also released last week found even more -- 24 percent -- said he was a Muslim.

An editorial writer says the stimulus will end up costing more than the war. We check the facts.

Hank Gilbert, the Democratic candidate for agriculture commissioner, accused the GOP incumbent, Todd Staples, of an ethics no-no: driving a Suburban purchased by his campaign. The Staples camp says Staples drives a different Suburban, which he bought for his personal use. So -- one vehicle or two?

We check the Republican leader's claim about an increase in government jobs and find a stretch we've seen before: including the temporary census employees to suggest that government jobs have increased.

PolitiFact Ohio marks its one-month anniversary, noting some of the high points and low points in statements we've reviewed.

One pleasant finding: Ohio has politicians who do tell the truth.

Is it a mosque? Or just a cultural center with a prayer area? We check the facts.

We review the highlights (and some oddities) of our first three years.

PolitiFact Georgia had a week of relative truthiness.

We tackled a potpourri of subjects in the past seven days. They included whether federal employees bring home more bacon than your average private-sector employee and a juicy article in Esquire magazine on Newt Gingrich that said his fundraising outshone even that of Republican superstar Sarah Palin. 

Two were statements made on national networks: One on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on NBC's "Today" and a second from NBC's "Meet the Press" on stimulus spending.

The week's tally: one False, two Half Trues, two Mostly Trues and one True.

Here's how the Truth-O-Meter ruled: