Fact-checking Bill O’Reilly and David Corn
The media war between Bill O’Reilly, Mother Jones and others continues. We fact-checked two claims from the back-and-forth.
The media war between Bill O’Reilly, Mother Jones and others continues. We fact-checked two claims from the back-and-forth.
In February, PolitiFact’s most read stories had an eclectic flavor. You got the Oscars, a Vine, a claim from President Barack Obama and a "mystery" about one of the men vying to potentially replace him.
Remember last summer’s Pants on Fire claims about immigrants committing 3,000 murders in Texas?
A similar claim singling out Barack Obama just drew four Pinnochio's from The Washington Post’s Fact Checker which also revealed the state of Texas has reconfigured its data.
(See video of Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Dallas, making his statement at the 23:29 mark of the video posted above this story or go directly here.)
At the forefront of the General Assembly session is a tax proposal to raise at least $1 billion a year in new money for transportation fixes. As it stands now, House Bill 170 would end state sales taxes on gasoline and replace them with a state excise tax on fuel of 29.2 cents per gallon, but the debate continues. Here are some of our fact checks on the issue.
In the wake of his surprise announcement on an abortion ban after 20 weeks, we review where Walker has been on the issue.
PolitiFact Florida is annotating Gov. Rick Scott's 2015 State of the State speech. Watch live.
At the forefront of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Congress is the fact that he and President Barack Obama don’t see eye-to-eye on Iran. Here are some of our latest checks on Iran-related claims.
Gov. Scott Walker, so-called right-to-work legislation, the Green Bay Packers and Rush Limbaugh all were part of our top February items.
Speaker Boehner posted a list supposedly showing 22 times President Obama disavowed his power to stop immigrant deportations without congressional help.
That count doesn’t hold up. But Obama made repeated disavowals.
The Republican House speaker made a rare Sunday show appearance.
The Republican House speaker made a rare Sunday show appearance.
Every Friday, PunditFact gives you the first look at guests on the Sunday news shows. On Sunday, we see if what they said is true. You can read how they fared here or weekly in the Daily Beast.