At 6-month mark, Obama has long to-do list
By Bill Adair
July 17, 2009
Halfway through his first year, we examine President Obama's record on our Obameter and Truth-O-Meter.
Halfway through his first year, we examine President Obama's record on our Obameter and Truth-O-Meter.
The attacks against Obama's Supreme Court nominee have generally had some truth to them. But the truth has been exaggerated or twisted, earning a spate of Half True ratings.
PolitiFact's video is part of the new YouTube Reporters' Center, a collection of how-to guides for journalists.
Rep. Steny Hoyer says 500 detainees were released from the detention center under President Bush. He's right about the number, but we have a quibble with his wording.
We've created a special page where you can see all of our Truth-O-Meter items on the Sotomayor nomination.
We explore some of the early claims about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
We unveil our new theme song. Like all good rock 'n' roll, it's about lies, deceit and tax policy.
Obama says the PAYGO rule "is the principle that helped transform large deficits into surpluses in the 1990s." We find that's a stretch.
We conclude our 100-day coverage by selecting Obama's most significant promises — one Kept and one Broken.
In his first 100 days, Obama hasn't earned a Pants on Fire. But he and other top administration officials have gotten several things wrong.
Our coverage of the 2008 election wins the award for national reporting. The editor of a Tennessee newspaper calls it the "most important Pulitzer this year."