Latest Stories By Bill Adair

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Attack-O-Rama!

It's the biennial ritual of autumn: an avalanche of attack ads. You know what that means: It's a great time to be a fact-checker!

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PolitiFact state sites are now from coast to coast

Fulfilling our fact-checking manifest destiny, The Oregonian launches PolitiFact Oregon, our seventh state site. And there are more to come.

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Ridiculous claims light up the Truth-O-Meter

Claims about beheadings in Arizona, a bogus Charlie Crist endorsement and something Condi Rice never said earn Pants on Fire ratings.

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PolitiFact’s Fall TV Preview

Our new viewer's guide tells you what to expect from the impending avalanche of campaign ads. You'll see candidates attacked for being lobbyists and insiders pretending to be outsiders.

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Announcing PolitiFact Wisconsin

We add our sixth state to the PolitiFact network, a partnership with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. And we've got more state sites to announce soon.

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The Truth-O-Meter report card on Glenn Beck

We'll be fact-checking speeches from Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial. In the meantime, we review how he's fared on the Truth-O-Meter.

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Checking Boehner’s speech on the economy

We check the Republican leader's claim about an increase in government jobs and find a stretch we've seen before: including the temporary census employees to suggest that government jobs have increased.

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PolitiFact turns 3!

We review the highlights (and some oddities) of our first three years.

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Mailbag: ‘If I could marry a website, I’d be Mrs. PolitiFact.com’

For our latest Mailbag, we sample the feedback from e-mail and Twitter. One reader calls us a "socialist propaganda machine." Another wants to marry us.

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Checking Rachel Maddow

We put the MSNBC host to the Truth-O-Meter for recent claims about immigration and economics.

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The Truth-O-Meter moves to the Midwest

The Cleveland Plain Dealer launched PolitiFact Ohio, our fifth state site. And there are more on the way.

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Politifact’s Obameter wins Knight-Batten Award

We're one of six winners for the Special Distinction Award.
 

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