Now on YouTube: Our Guide to Fact-Checking
PolitiFact's video is part of the new YouTube Reporters' Center, a collection of how-to guides for journalists.
PolitiFact's video is part of the new YouTube Reporters' Center, a collection of how-to guides for journalists.
Since January, the Minnesota congresswoman is 0 for 5 on our Truth-O-Meter. Her latest ratings involve two ridiculously false statements about the Census.
As Congress considers a cap-and-trade plan, supporters and opponents are citing a dizzying array of cost estimates. We delve into the numbers to see what they really say.
Political commentator Keith Olbermann says Rep. Pete Hoekstra's Tweets blew the cover on a "top-secret mission to Iraq." He Tweeted all right. But was the mission top secret?
A Georgia congressman contends the war spending bill has more for the IMF than for the wars. We investigate.
Sean Hannity says it's possible to game the system with the used car program. We examine the facts to see if it's possible.
Readers let us know what they think about our latest Truth-O-Meter rulings and give us a few ideas to improve our meters. One suggests a new ruling on the Obameter: Atoned.
Rep. Steny Hoyer says 500 detainees were released from the detention center under President Bush. He's right about the number, but we have a quibble with his wording.
Obama's budget doesn't reflect his promise to double the Peace Corps. But Corps supporters are hopeful Congress will increase funding anyway.
A new ad for Obama's health care plan says 62 percent support a public plan, but that's not the case.
Gay rights groups say the effort to repeal the law has stalled and they're unhappy the Obama administration is defending the law in court.
Sen. John McCain contends President Barack Obama has more czars than the Romanovs did in Russia. We take a stab at counting the Obama czars and then dig into the history books to see if McCain is right.