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Focus on the facts
April 23, 2008

An e-mail by Focus on the Family uses some inaccurate information to paint a misleading portrait of Barack Obama.

In Pa., 11th-hour attacks on health care
By Angie Drobnic Holan April 21, 2008

As the Pennsylvania primary looms, health care takes center stage in campaign ads

Trying to be tough on Big Oil
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair April 17, 2008

Dueling ads from Obama and Clinton say their opponent is weak on Big Oil. We find some truth and exaggerations on both sides.

Vanilla in Phila.
By Bill Adair April 17, 2008

The Philly debate was a relatively tame affair, but it brought a new controversy into the campaign: Obama's ties to a former member of the Weather Underground. We check the facts.

McCain energy claim low on fuel
April 16, 2008

John McCain says energy prices would go down if the U.S. stopped filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. They might, but not by much.

Numbers game
By Bill Adair April 15, 2008

If a candidate is off with a statistical claim, should they earn a False on the Truth-O-Meter?

‘Parallel public financing’? Only partly.
By Angie Drobnic Holan April 15, 2008

Small donors are a civic good, but they're not the whole picture when it comes to public campaign finance.

Obama’s stretch on ethics reform
By Adriel Bettelheim April 14, 2008

Obama claims he was the driving force on ethics reform. We find he was a player but not the quarterback.

Bill’s Bosnia blunder
By Angie Drobnic Holan April 11, 2008

In defending his wife's mistakes about sniper fire in Bosnia, Bill Clinton makes a few of his own.

In the e-mail: MoveOn flames McCain
By Angie Drobnic Holan April 9, 2008

MoveOn e-mails out a 10-point attack on McCain. On domestic policy, its aim is good.

Obama is the Antichrist? Puh-leeze!
April 2, 2008

The latest chain e-mail attack on Obama distorts the words in the Bible to suggest he is the Antichrist.

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