PolitiFact Florida Mailbag: Marco Rubio, Allen West and the University of Florida
Readers weigh in on our recent rulings, including what Allen West said about communists in Congress.
Readers weigh in on our recent rulings, including what Allen West said about communists in Congress.
We fact-check the new ad from the conservative group Crossroads GPS.
We look at an attack ad that highlights Obama’s "broken" promises.
We check two claims from a Chamber of Commerce ad attacking U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and find the group is twisting the facts to scare senior citizens.
An ad about Medicare and the national health care law distorts the facts to scare Florida seniors.
Barack Obama has slashed Medicare by $500 billion. Mitt Romney and House Republicans want to end Medicare. And a new board is going to ration care so Washington can waste more money.
Believe any of that? You shouldn’t.
But it’s what the political ads likely will be saying between now and Election Day in November.
We have some advice for voters sorting out the claims: Believe nothing you hear in a 30-second TV ad.
As we move into the general election season, beware of sensational claims about Medicare. Our in-depth report looks at the history and the issues for 2012.
We talk with social psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt about politics and fact-checking.
Readers sound off about fact-checks on oil rigs, Pat Boone, voter fraud and shark attacks.
We crank up the Buck-O-Meter to see how Bob Buckhorn is doing at keeping his campaign promises now that he's been mayor of Tampa for one year.
We look at the 2012 Senate race here in Florida.
As the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the health care law, we recall the flip-flops behind the debate. Some Republicans used to love it; Barack Obama was against it.