Fact-checking the Feb. 23 news shows
Much of the talk Sunday focused on the events in Ukraine.
Much of the talk Sunday focused on the events in Ukraine.
We're tracking elections around the country and have already found claims in need of debunking.
The Washington talk shows look outward this weekend with the focus on protests in Ukraine. Plus, interviews with former President George W. Bush, a Scandal star, and the cutest DCist around, Bao Bao the giant panda.
Greg Abbott, running for governor, told CNN this week that campaigning with provocative rocker Ted Nugent "was a way to expose Wendy Davis for her flip-flopping on gun-related issues."
In November, before Davis announced her support for allowing licensed Texans to openly carry pistols on their hips, we took an in-depth look at her positions and votes on gun issues going back to her days on the Fort Worth City Council. Read on for more.
Another in our regular installment of reader feedback in all its glory.
Ted Nugent recently called President Barack Obama a "subhuman mongrel." CNN's Wolf Blitzer took to the airwaves to reveal the troubling roots of those words.
If you wait to vote till November, you could miss your chance to affect some important Texas races. Early voting for the March 4 primaries runs Feb. 18-28.
Take a trip with the Truth-O-Meter through the names of some candidates you might not see again after March 4.
PolitiFact editors meet at the Poynter Institute in Florida this week to plan for 2014 and beyond. (A little sunshine doesn't hurt, either!) We'll be back with new fact-checks later in the week.
Panelists on ABC's "This Week" asked for our help on a claim about presidential inaugural history.
Pundits talked about climate change and the minimum wage on the Sunday shows.
An ad from the National Republican Congressional Committee attacks Alex Sink, a Democrat running for Congress in Florida, for supporting the health care law. We put its claims to our Truth-O-Meter.
Without much news to analyze from the Capitol, the news shows plan to broaden their focus to sports, entertainment and the weather on Sunday. Don't worry, wonks: There will be foreign policy and economic talk, too. And PunditFact will be watching for fact-checks.