Latest Stories By Angie Drobnic Holan

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PAC’s newspaper ad makes multiple false claims about Obama

September 27, 2012

The ad from the Government is Not God PAC has run in papers in Ohio and Florida. We put its claims to the Truth-O-Meter.

Go to our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/politifact.georgia) for full versions of these and other fact-checks. Readers can comment on our rulings at the FaceBook site. Or find us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/politifactga).

We update that page with new fact-checks throughout the news cycle.

Fact-checking that spans the globe

September 25, 2012

With the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, we fact-check claims about China, Iran and Israel.

Romney ad goes on offense about defense cuts

September 25, 2012

We fact-check a claim from a Mitt Romney campaign ad that says President Barack Obama wants to cut the defense budget.

Go to our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/politifact.georgia) for full versions of these and other fact-checks. Readers can comment on our rulings at the FaceBook site. Or find us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/politifactga).

We update that page with new fact-checks throughout the news cycle.

Romney ad goes on offense about defense cuts

September 24, 2012

We fact-check a claim from a Mitt Romney campaign ad that says President Barack Obama wants to cut the defense budget.

A scorecard on President Obama’s campaign promises

September 4, 2012

Four years ago, Barack Obama made an extraordinary array of campaign promises -- 508 pledges on everything from taxing the rich to ending the Iraq war.

As Democrats convene in Charlotte, N.C., we review our Obameter to see how Obama has fared on his promises.

A scorecard on President Obama’s campaign promises

September 1, 2012

On the eve of the Democratic convention in Charlotte, we review our Obameter to see how Obama has fared on his 508 promises from the 2008 campaign.

The lists: Barack Obama’s Top 10 Broken and Kept promises

September 1, 2012

On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, we check in on our Obameter to look at Obama's campaign promises.

Did Republicans vote to end Medicare “as we know it”?

August 23, 2012

Democrats have deployed this modified attack line in congressional races around the country. But is it more accurate?

Checking the facts on the $700 billion Medicare ‘cut’

August 20, 2012

Seems like just yesterday that the big Republican talking point was that Obamacare cuts $500 billion from Medicare. Now, it's $700 billion.

That's the number -- $716 billion to be precise -- that's gotten tossed around this week.

Checking the facts on the $700 billion Medicare ‘cut’

August 15, 2012

Mitt Romney says Barack Obama has cut Medicare by $700 billion. The Obama campaign says Republicans must not object because they included that $700 billion savings in Paul Ryan's budget. We check the facts.

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