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Fact-checking the May 17 news shows

May 17, 2015

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates discussed the state of the American economy Sunday, arguing that business leaders don’t need lower tax rates in the way Republicans have claimed.

Joe Scarborough apologizes to PolitiFact, sort of

May 6, 2015

Joe Scarborough corrected the record for wrongly claiming that Algeria was on the U.S. terror list. 

The truth about that Mayweather-Pacquiao GDP statistic

May 3, 2015

Announcers claimed the big fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao generated more revenue than the yearly GDP of 29 countries. 

PunditFact previews the April 26 news show

April 24, 2015

Every Friday, PunditFact gives you the first look at guests on the Sunday news shows. On Sunday, we see if what they said is true. You can read how they fared here or weekly in the Daily Beast.

PunditFact fact-checks the April 19 news shows

April 19, 2015

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is thinking of challenging 2016 Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

PolitiFact wants your feedback

April 15, 2015

We're thinking of building a PolitiFact plug-in (Web extension) to make it easier for users to request fact-checks. Could you take our quick nine-question survey so that we do it right?

The Truth-O-Meter goes off the grid with Gov. Jesse Ventura

April 14, 2015

PunditFact editor Aaron Sharockman discussed a claim about Jeb Bush's private email account with the former Minnesota governor.

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