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Mailbag: ‘Your journalism professors would be so proud of you’

June 14, 2013

Readers blast. We share. It’s mailbag time.



 

Barack Obama on surveillance, then and now

June 13, 2013

With the recent revelations about National Security Agency surveillance of phone and Internet traffic, some are wondering how much President Barack Obama has reversed course since he was a presidential candidate. So we took a look back.

Barack Obama on surveillance, then and now

June 13, 2013

With the recent revelations about National Security Agency surveillance of phone and Internet traffic, some are wondering how much President Barack Obama has reversed course since he was a presidential candidate. So we took a look back.

Were two-thirds of groups targeted by IRS not conservative?

June 13, 2013

After the IRS’s admission that it improperly targeted conservative groups, Progress Texas said two thirds of the scrutinized groups were not conservatives.

That's unknown and unlikely, we concluded, making for smoke.

Were two-thirds of groups targeted by IRS not conservative?

June 12, 2013

PolitiFact Texas has checked a claim by an advocacy group that the IRS didn't primarily target conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. But the claim didn't hold up.

Rick Perry pitch touches on fact-checked claims

June 10, 2013

Perry’s fresh pitch-and-woo for businesses to move to Texas touches on established claims about jobs and people heading our way.

The Truth-O-Meter rated the claims Mostly True to False.

Mailbag: ‘I find your analysis quite flawed’

June 10, 2013

The political world has been focused on scandalmania in Washington. Our readers have, too.

Auditing the latest claims about the IRS

June 7, 2013

People are talking about the Internal Revenue Service and its targeting of tea party groups. We factcheck two recent statements.

Legislated spending of up to $4 billion not expected to halve Texas rainy day fund

June 7, 2013

A small-government advocate says Texas legislators agreed to cut the state’s rainy day fund by half. That’s incorrect.

In Context: the Wyden-Udall letters on government secrecy

June 6, 2013

Long before this week's revelations about the Obama administration's efforts to seek phone records,  the two Democratic senators warned that the administration was going too far.

Our latest tally of Rick Scott’s campaign promises

June 6, 2013

How did Scott's promises fare during this year's legislative session? We pulled out our Scott-O-Meter.

Cuccinelli and McAuliffe ask each other, “Where’s the beef?”

June 6, 2013

As gubernatorial candidates Ken Cuccinelli and Terry McAuliffe start to unveil their agendas, each is accusing the other of lacking substance. Here's a review of their key proposals so far. 

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