PolitiFact Florida’s Top 5 for March
By Amy Sherman
April 9, 2015
Claims from Jeb Bush, SeaWorld and a gun rights advocacy group topped were among our most popular last month.
Bob Schieffer retiring: See his Truth-O-Meter scorecard
CBS newsman Bob Schieffer announced Wednesday that he is retiring this summer. The long-time host of CBS’s Face the Nation announced his plans during his "Schieffer Symposium" at Texas Christian University, his alma mater.
Mailbag: ‘I rate your “fact-check” to be Mostly Useless’
Here's our periodic look at comments, complaints and the occasional compliments we get from readers.
Ted Cruz did not say ‘no place for gays, atheists’ in his America
A reader asked us to check a Facebook post showing Ted Cruz saying there's no place for gays or atheists in "my America."
About those claims from the General Assembly
By April Hunt
April 8, 2015
The hallways under the Gold Dome are quiet now. But the 2015 Legislature session kept reporters and fact checkers alike busy during a 40-day session filled with truths, falsehoods and some claims that fell in between.
Rand Paul and the Truth-O-Meter
On Tuesday, Rand Paul announced his candidacy for president in 2016. We looked back at some our more notable fact-checks of his statements.
• The Ted Cruz scorecard
• The Jeb Bush scorecard
• The Hillary Clinton scorecard
New York state of mind
We fact-checked two claims recently that focused on crime and New York.
Texas-reared Rand Paul and the Truth-O-Meter
Rand Paul, who just declared for president, has met the Truth-O-Meter--35 times.
He's also the second Texan seeking the Republican nomination. Former Gov. Rick Perry has said he'll reveal his desires in May or June.
OK, Paul is from Kentucky. And he was born in Pennsylvania. But he grew up in Texas; his father, former presidential hopeful Ron Paul, was a Lake Jackson congressman.
As shown below, Sen. Paul has a wide-ranging Truth-O-Meter record. MORE:
What makes America “exceptional?”
As they crisscross the country, the Republican candidates for president agree that America is an "exceptional" nation. But they don't always concur on why.
Mailbag: Presidential campaign edition
It's still early in the 2016 presidential race, but the early complaints from readers about our coverage are already piling up.
Mailbag: ‘How can this FALSE claim be Mostly True?’
By Amy Sherman
April 3, 2015
Readers talk back about our fact-checks of claims about gators vs. guns, school tests and prayer rugs.
Pants on Fire for Facebook meme about Ted Cruz, Barack Obama, citizenship an online hit
A Facebook meme suggests Canada-born Ted Cruz conveniently flip-flopping on needing to be born in the U.S. to run for president.
Pants on Fire! The comments attributed to Cruz don't reflect any actual remarks that we could find.
Our look at the meme turned out to be