Latest Stories By Aaron Sharockman

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Checking Herman Cain’s math on 9-9-9

October 14, 2011

Herman Cain told us that a person making $50,000 a year would be better off under his 9-9-9. We crunch the numbers with a trio of accountants.

The facts about Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan

September 26, 2011

Herman Cain stunned the Republican political establishment  on Sept. 24, 2011, easily winning Florida's Presidency 5 straw poll by trumpeting a platform of tax reforms that he calls the "9-9-9 Plan." But what is the "9-9-9" plan? We explain.

Mailbag: Readers don’t like our ruling on Marco Rubio’s Social Security claim

August 26, 2011

We recently said Marco Rubio was right to claim that the number of workers per retiree in the Social Security system had dropped from 16 to 3. Readers let us have it.

Get the Truth-O-Meter ready! Alan Grayson’s running

July 13, 2011

Love him or love-to-hate him, Alan Grayson is returning to the political stage -- having announced he'll run for Congress in 2012. We unearth our favorite Grayson fact-checks.

Get the Truth-O-Meter ready! Alan Grayson’s running

July 13, 2011

Love him or love-to-hate him, Alan Grayson is returning to the political stage -- having announced he'll run for Congress in 2012. We unearth our favorite Grayson fact-checks.

PolitiFact Florida wins two Green Eyeshade awards

June 29, 2011

See the five fact checks that we submitted to the judges.

Mailbag: PolitiFact reader swears Longoria catch was real

June 8, 2011

A new batch of mail includes a letter from someone who says he saw the Evan Longoria barehanded catch -- and it was 100 percent real.

Mike Haridopolos and the ‘Ryan Plan’

June 1, 2011

Mike Haridopolos is facing heat for differing positions on whether he'd support what's known as the "Ryan Plan." What's so controversial about the plan? PolitiFact Florida gives you a primer.

PolitiFact on TV: Dissecting that amazing catch

May 27, 2011

PolitiFact Florida reporter Aaron Sharockman explains two recent Truth-O-Meter rulings to Bay News 9's Al Ruechel.

Voting should be tough, lawmaker says — just like in Africa

May 6, 2011

A state senator says he's okay with making it difficult to vote. "Do you read the stories about the people in Africa? The people in the desert, who literally walk two and three hundred miles so they can have the opportunity to do what we do ..." Say what?

The 2011 legislative session is nearly over. Will Rick Scott come out a winner?

May 6, 2011

Rick Scott's first legislative session is ending without much movement on some of his biggest campaign promises. No big corporate income tax rate cut. No Arizona-style immigration law. A compromise on employee pension contributions. But are there silver linings for Florida's new governor?

Politics and the Gulf oil spill: separating fact from fiction on the one-year anniversary

April 19, 2011

On the anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill, we look back at some of the dozens of fact-checks we did of political claims that followed in its wake.

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