Latest Stories By Aaron Sharockman

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Fact-checking Sarah Palin and Nov. 24 Sunday shows

November 24, 2013

The news of the day was Iran, but that didn't stop the former Alaska governor from talking about the health care law.

Fact-checking the Sunday Nov. 24 shows

November 24, 2013

The news of the day was Iran, but that didn't stop former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin from talking about the health care law.

Confused about the health care law? We can see why

November 20, 2013

The talking heads are making it awfully difficult to understand what's happening with the health care law. A big problem is that hard data is still hard to come by, so we're left with best-guess estimates, anecdotes and lots of spin.

Is Census worker smoking gun in alleged jobs report rigging?

November 20, 2013

Fox and Friends host Elisabeth Hasselbeck suggested Census Bureau worker Julius Buckmon admitted to helping fake the nationwide jobs report before the 2012 presidential election. We take a look at the evidence.

Fact-checking Nancy Pelosi on ‘Meet the Press’

November 17, 2013

On Sunday's Meet the Press, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi defended the health care law and President Barack Obama's promise that people could keep their health insurance.

Fact-checking Nancy Pelosi on ‘Meet the Press’

November 17, 2013

On Sunday's Meet the Press, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi defended the health care law and President Barack Obama's promise that people could keep their health insurance.

Fact-checking the Sunday Nov. 10 shows

November 10, 2013

It was all Chris Christie, all the time Sunday. The newly re-elected New Jersey governor wouldn't say whether he plans on running for president in 2016, but that didn't stop everyone else from talking about it.

Fact-checking the Sunday Nov. 10 shows

November 10, 2013

It was all Chris Christie, all the time Sunday. The newly re-elected New Jersey governor wouldn't say whether he plans on running for president in 2016, but that didn't stop the pundits from talking about it.

Fact-checking the TV cable networks

November 8, 2013

PunditFact allows you to sort fact-checks by cable news network, to see how claims on TV meaure up.

Sorting out the real story on ‘If you like your plan, you can keep it’

November 6, 2013

The debate over the health care law has been particularly messy and misleading in the past week, and there is plenty of blame to go around over who created the confusion.

Limbaugh, Beck attack health care law

November 6, 2013

Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, two of the biggest names in conservative talk radio, have had plenty to say about the health care law recently. We fact-check two of their claims.

Fact-checking the Sunday news shows

November 3, 2013

We're launching the website with a full-court press on Sunday's political news shows. See how the pundits rated on the Truth-O-Meter.

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