Fact-checking the Sunday Nov. 24 shows
The news of the day was Iran, but that didn't stop former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin from talking about the health care law.
The news of the day was Iran, but that didn't stop former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin from talking about the health care law.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
PunditFact allows you to sort fact-checks by cable news network, to see how claims on TV meaure up.
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.
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.
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.
Even in the entertaining and boisterous world of punditry, words matter and people should be held accountable for what they assert.