Latest Stories By W. Gardner Selby

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Austin judge did NOT sentence man to death for having marijuana

Our most-read fact check of the year is pretty much Bob Cole's fault. (That's a hint.)

 

But other fact checks -- including our finding False Sen. Ted Cruz's claim about Christians getting nailed to trees -- also drew lots of reader interest in 2014.

 

Our countdown of the year's Top 10 most-read fact checks starts with our recap of a Facebook claim about marijuana.

 

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Texan Pete Gallego: This Congress the least productive, least popular in U.S. history

Pete Gallego of Texas slipped this into his farewell remarks on the House floor: "This Congress made history as the least productive, most unpopular Congress in the history of this proud nation."

 

Ever ever ever?

 

See the full fact check of U.S. Rep. Gallego, D-Alpine.

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Texas hits in November: Greg Abbott fact checks, Twin Towers recap

Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott figured into two of our most-read fact checks in November. But a 9/11 story won the month, per online reader views. More ahead or below.

 

The Texas Cinco:

 

* "Greg Abbott says he has sued Obama administration 25 times"

 

* "Roger Williams: Obama policies contributed to raising gas prices from $1.89 in 2009 to $3.51 today"

 

* "Americans must answer U.S. Census Bureau survey by law, though agency hasn't prosecuted refusals since 1970"

 

* "Greg Abbott plan doesn't mandate standardized testing of 4-year-olds, but school districts could take that tack"

 

* "In Context: Laura Pressley’s ‘something was planted’ in World Trade Center"

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Texas worst in voter turnout? Maybe Indiana

Jason Stanford was hardly the only person to say Texas had the nation’s worst voter turnout this November.

 

But when he made his declaration, we noticed--and checked.

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Obama incorrect his position ‘hasn’t changed’ on using executive authority to address immigration

Paul Brown of TWC News asked us if Barack Obama was accurate about his position not changing on whether he alone can change immigration policies.

 

* False: "My position hasn’t changed" on using executive authority to address immigration issues.

 

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Mailbag: ‘What is this – something like the immaculate immigration?’

Ever get behind on mail? We sure did.

 

Open the mailbag, Arthur.

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Republicans rolled in Texas; not everyone fact-checked yet

John Cornyn and Greg Abbott were among the Republicans who won every race for statewide office again -- the kind of sweep that Texas voters have touched off every year since 1996.

 

We've got work ahead. Not all the winners have extensive Truth-O-Meter report cards.

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Take 200 Texas fact checks, call us after Election Day

We figure we've done around 200 fact checks of Texas candidates and political figures leading into November’s balloting.

 

Ready to gorge?

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