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Suggestions from our readers

October 20, 2007

Our special report on chain e-mails was suggested by several readers who had received the Clinton and Obama e-mails. If you have a suggestion for facts we should check, click here to email us.

Taking off the gloves in Orlando

October 19, 2007

The Republican candidates mixed it up during a lively debate in Orlando. They stretched the truth on crime and defense, while Huckabee was Pants-On-Fire wrong about the Founding Fathers.

Thompson’s first role: factory worker

October 18, 2007

To counter his history in Hollywood and Washington, he tells of growing up in rural Tennessee.

Biden: Richardson used to like my plan

October 17, 2007

Just below the frontrunners, two Democrats tussle over Iraq.

Keeping it simple, sometimes wrong

October 15, 2007

The candidates from both parties want to distill the SCHIP debate into nuggets that satisfy their base voters.

Still fighting the last war

October 12, 2007

Sen. John McCain has a history of attacking 'earmarked' spending, but his facts are in the past, too.

Clinton health claims a stretch

October 11, 2007

A campaign ad is accurate on Clinton's support for reserve troops and 9/11 workers, but inflates her stature on health care.

Unfair grades for rural schools

October 9, 2007

Courting rural voters, Edwards paints a (too) bleak picture of their schools as he pushes reforms.

McCain overbids on eBay

October 8, 2007

The Republicans clashed on taxes, the economy and Iraq during a debate in Dearborn, Mich. They fumbled a few facts along the way.

‘Class and sass’

October 8, 2007

Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Chris Satullo gives us a nice plug in his Sunday column , saying our site is "done with both class and sass. PolitiFact renders serious reporting with a sense of humor that helps even dry issue assessments stick in the voter's mind."

Romney’s nuances on gay issues

October 5, 2007

Mitt Romney has consistently opposed gay marriage, but he changed positions on a constitutional amendment on civil unions.

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