Latest Stories By W. Gardner Selby

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How many are helped by deal on payroll tax cut?

February 16, 2012

Per a congressional deal on extending the payroll tax cut, many say 160 million workers stand to benefit. In an earlier fact-check, we learned that those workers hail from about 122 million households.

Ted Cruz re-defends a flamed claim

February 14, 2012

In an email blast and blog post, Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Ted Cruz of Texas takes issue with our recent flame-kissed rating of his ridiculous claim that an opponent has a record of promoting an income tax.

Gingrich versus Biery

February 13, 2012

Newt Gingrich excoriated a Texas judge’s warning about his order related to prayer during a high-school graduation ceremony. Did Gingrich recap the judge’s position accurately?

Ted Cruz’s report card

February 10, 2012

Texan Ted Cruz recently lofted a ridiculous claim about an opponent for the U.S. Senate. His overall Truth-O-Meter report card covers four fact checks.
 

Ted Cruz reminds crowd of David Dewhurst’s Communist claim

February 2, 2012

As noted by Austin’s KVUE-TV, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz this week revisited his charge that an opponent called him a red Chinese communist. We'd checked that.

Repeated: Martin Luther King was a Republican

January 30, 2012

PolitiFact colleagues in two other states just looked into a Texas-tested claim that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican.

Minority population growth in Texas revisited

January 27, 2012

A Houston Chronicle news article raising the possibility of a bipartisan agreement setting primary elections for early April includes a familiar claim about the state’s minority population growth from 2000 to 2010.



 

Howdying PolitiFact Tennessee

January 25, 2012

There’s nothing Half True in Tennessee -- yet. Here’s our howdy to PolitiFact’s 10th and latest state-level effort to check the facts.

Reader: Maybe rename PolitiFact the Opinion-O-Meter?

January 23, 2012

When readers find us off our rockers, they let us know. Here’s to another dip in the mailbag.
 

Fifty fact checks of Rick Perry for president

January 20, 2012

Claims by or about Rick Perry as he stumped for president gave the Truth-O-Meter a vigorous workout.

Highlights, please!
 

Fact-checking Rick Perry’s presidential run

January 19, 2012

Texas Gov. Rick Perry kept the Truth-O-Meter whirring during his run for president.

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