PolitiFact Texas at the Texas Tribune Festival
We listened to speakers at the second annual Texas Tribune Festival. Hear anything we should check?
We listened to speakers at the second annual Texas Tribune Festival. Hear anything we should check?
A Democratic super PAC says, in a TV ad, that George Allen "called programs like Medicare and Social Security a `waste.'" Is that an fair assessment of Allen's comments, or taking advantage of a few garbled words?
George Allen and Tim Kaine made a number of statements in their debate that were familiar to PolitiFact Virginia. Here's our review.
Look for more on the debate in the days ahead.
We look into comments from Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on redistribution and find it's long been a part of U.S. tax policy.
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We look into comments from Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on redistribution and find it's long been a part of U.S. tax policy.
Campaign ads are famous for being false. But we actually give more Half True ratings.
The Libertarian presidential nominee said he’ll far outpace other third-party hopefuls by making every state's ballot. We find that's unsettled.
Flipping channels, we came across a familiar expert speaking to how many Americans pay federal income taxes. Thing is, Roberton Williams has figured into numerous PolitiFact fact checks.
Grainy video of Mitt Romney talking to big-dollar donors May 17 in Florida has the political world in a tizzy.
PolitiFact has looked into Romney’s remarks in the secretly recorded video and fact-checked several of the comments. Several abbreviated versions of those fact-checks appear below.
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We update that page with new fact-checks throughout the news cycle.
Mitt Romney said his comments in a controversial video were "not elegantly stated." They’re also not entirely true. Our fact-checks of the surreptitious recording.
Truth-O-Meter finds accuracy issues with claims made by Shelley Adler, "Menendez Facts" blog
The sticking point is that Romney hasn’t specified what exemptions, deductions and loopholes he wants to get rid of. So it’s impossible to tell if the math in Romney’s tax plan adds up.