Remembering David Broder and his passion for fact-checking
The legendary Washington Post political writer was an early promoter of fact-checking.
The legendary Washington Post political writer was an early promoter of fact-checking.
The legendary Washington Post political writer was an early promoter of fact-checking.
The MSNBC host criticized PolitiFact for a False rating we gave her and our decision not to issue a correction. We explain our reasoning and post our e-mails to Maddow's producer.
The MSNBC host criticized PolitiFact for a False rating we gave her and our decision not to issue a correction. We explain our reasoning and post our e-mails to Maddow's producer.
During a prank call from a blogger, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said most of the protesters in Madison were from out of state. We put that and other new claims to the Truth-O-Meter.
For the first time, Washington-based PolitiFact National has posted the principles we live by in choosing statements to check and then, after research, reaching our ratings.
We explain our process for selecting claims to check and how we make our Truth-O-Meter rulings.
We explain our process for selecting claims to check and how we make our Truth-O-Meter rulings.
In Sunday's strip, Mark Slackmeyer made a claim about gun deaths. We put it to the Truth-O-Meter.
We've created new promise features and made some improvements to our search engine.
We add new meters to track the campaign promises of governors in Georgia , Ohio and Oregon.
Nothing we've published before has generated this much debate. Our 2010 Lie of the Year continues to prompt editorials, letters to the editor and a speech on the House floor.